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- proper noun A German-speaking region of north-east
Italy ;Alto Adige
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Examples
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Her choice of holiday is both foreign and familiar - the South Tyrol is the bit of mountainous northern Italy where the locals speak German.
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Day of unity Yesterday's rather half-hearted celebration of a century and a half of Italian unity—a national holiday observed over the misgivings of the regionalist Northern League party and the outright abstention of the German-speaking region of South Tyrol—has left an appropriately downbeat memorial in the new Museum of the Roman Republic.
A Nation of Racing Drivers Speeds Ahead Francis X. Rocca 2011
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Speck is a slightly smoked prosciutto typical of South Tyrol, very fatty with a spicy and smoky scent, just delicious.
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Speck is a slightly smoked prosciutto typical of South Tyrol, very fatty with a spicy and smoky scent, just delicious.
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Speck is a slightly smoked prosciutto typical of South Tyrol, very fatty with a spicy and smoky scent, just delicious.
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Pasquale, a former law student, and Giuseppe, a former medical student, were inspired by the fresh-tasting pastry made by their mother from the South Tyrol region near Austria.
San Crispino Gelato: Elizabeth Gilbert/Julia Robert's Rome Obsession In 'Eat, Pray, Love' 2010
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When Reinhold returned to South Tyrol from his triumph on the Rupal Face, some local politicians had gathered a crowd to give him a hero's welcome.
Brotherhood of the Mountain Shoumatoff, Alex 2006
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He has a castle, a vineyard, and several small farms in South Tyrol.
Brotherhood of the Mountain Shoumatoff, Alex 2006
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Reinhold and Günther had done easily a thousand climbs together, starting as little boys in their valley in South Tyrol, a German-speaking enclave at the border of Austria and Italy that has been under Italian rule since the First World War.
Brotherhood of the Mountain Shoumatoff, Alex 2006
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"Messner took the microphone and said," I want to correct something: I didn't do it for South Tyrol, I didn't do it for Germany, I didn't do it for Austria.
Brotherhood of the Mountain Shoumatoff, Alex 2006
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