Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A historical region and former duchy of Italy in present-day northeast Italy and Slovenia. Occupied by the Romans in the second century BC, it became a Lombard duchy in the sixth century AD and was conquered by various peoples and states before being ceded to Italy in 1866 (the western part) and 1919 (the eastern part). Eastern Friuli was awarded to Yugoslavia by treaty in 1947.
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- proper noun A region of north-east
Italy , part ofFriuli-Venezia Giulia
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a Rhaeto-Romance dialect spoken in northeastern Italy
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The soil and the landscape of the Isonzo region in Friuli especially bears these resemblances.
WTN: Channing Daughters Winery 2004 L'Enfant Sauvage Chardonnay (The Hamptons) 2007
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The soil and the landscape of the Isonzo region in Friuli especially bears these resemblances.
LENNDEVOURS: 2007
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Tracy's evocation of Friuli is a unique one on and Island where everybody talks Bordeaux.
WTN: Channing Daughters Winery 2004 L'Enfant Sauvage Chardonnay (The Hamptons) 2007
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Tracy's evocation of Friuli is a unique one on and Island where everybody talks Bordeaux.
LENNDEVOURS: 2007
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The soil and the landscape of the Isonzo region in Friuli especially bears these resemblances, Tracy said.
Over the Barrel 2005
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[9] There were two Roman colonies of this name; one in Umbria, supposed to be the place now called Friuli; the other in Narbonnensian Gaul, the modern name of which is Frejus.
The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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We do not claim this territory called Friuli, which belongs ethnologically to the Italians.
The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 Henry Baerlein 1917
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Kuid just ka selle rünnaku pärast vaatasid inimesed umbusklikult, kui 21. aprilli hommikul 1945 sakslastest mahajäetud linna sisenes Arturo Scattini poolt juhitud Gruppo di Combattimento "Friuli"'87° Reggimento Fanteria - inglise varustuses.
tatsutahime Diary Entry tatsutahime 2009
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I think that those in attendance found this a very refreshing stop -- both because the focus is on white wines and because Chris talked more about similarities to Friuli, Austria and the Loire Valley than Bordeaux, which we heard several times during the weekend.
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Tocai Friulano is a grape native to the Friuli region in north eastern
Hudson Valley Wine 2009
bilby commented on the word Friuli
Scrumptious!
April 2, 2010