Definitions

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  • A city of northern Italy west-northwest of Bologna. Long an important ecclesiastical center, it is also home to one of Europe's oldest universities (founded 1175).

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  • noun A certain crimsonlike color.

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  • proper noun Province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
  • proper noun City and capital of the province of Modena.

Etymologies

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From Italian Modena.

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Examples

  • In case you're curious, there is another official body regulating tradizionale in Modena, the Consorzio Tutela Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale di Modena.

    Meathead Goldwyn: Balsamic Vinegar: Magnificence and Deception Meathead Goldwyn 2010

  • In case you're curious, there is another official body regulating tradizionale in Modena, the Consorzio Tutela Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale di Modena.

    Meathead Goldwyn: Balsamic Vinegar: Magnificence and Deception Meathead Goldwyn 2010

  • Enzo was discharged from the Italian army but upon returning to his home in Modena, he discovered that his family's metal engineering firm had collapsed.

    10 Neat Facts About Ferrari 2009

  • In 1781 in Modena, Italy, there appeared under the title of

    Miguel Angel Asturias - Nobel Lecture 1968

  • a trip to Italy in Modena, I ate tortelloni with a reduced balsamic vinegar sauce and drank with it a Lambrusco.

    Q&A 2009

  • a trip to Italy in Modena, I ate tortelloni with a reduced balsamic vinegar sauce and drank with it a Lambrusco.

    LENNDEVOURS: 2008

  • a trip to Italy in Modena, I ate tortelloni with a reduced balsamic vinegar sauce and drank with it a Lambrusco.

    New LI Wine Blog: Cellarette by Eileen Duffy 2008

  • But for that to happen, developers are going to have to take market share away from established rail centers such as Verona and Modena, which is no easy feat.

    Italy's Bologna to Expand Transport Links 2008

  • Pavarotti, 71 years old, resting at his home, we're told, at his home in Modena, which is in Rome, near Rome.

    CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2007 2007

  • His interest was in the car, one of the first made by the famous Herr Jornek, and called the Modena after the factory in that town.

    The Man Who Drove the Car Max Pemberton 1906

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