Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A region of central Italy in the Apennines. Occupied by the Umbrians in ancient times, it later fell to the Etruscans and then the Romans (c. 300 BC). After passing to various powers, Umbria came under the control of the papacy in the 1500s and joined the kingdom of Sardinia in 1860.
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- proper noun A region of central
Italy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a mountainous region in central Italy
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Examples
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On our last trip to Italy, truffle cheese and Castelluccio lentils from Norcia in Umbria were my favorite purchases.
Recipe: Thyme-Braised Lentils with Petimezi and Pan-Fried Salmon (Φακές με Πετιμέζι και Σολομός στο Tηγάνι) Laurie Constantino 2008
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On our last trip to Italy, truffle cheese and Castelluccio lentils from Norcia in Umbria were my favorite purchases.
Archive 2008-03-01 Laurie Constantino 2008
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The food of Umbria is simpler than that of any of the surrounding regions.
Green-Hearted Italy 1995
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In autumn the mystic landscape of Umbria is at its best by Corby Kummer
Green-Hearted Italy 1995
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Even if today Umbria is siphoning tourists from Tuscany, who think they are discovering the very discovered Spoleto and Gubbio and Todi, large tracts of the region will be virtually empty whenever you visit.
Green-Hearted Italy 1995
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The second battle was fought near Fano in Umbria; on the spot which, five hundred years before, had been fatal to the brother of
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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This isn’t good for people who long to buy that simple but great Sangiovese they found in Umbria — or for people who are curious about wine but uncertain of their tastes.
Dumbing Down Wine 2006
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She has received a National Endowment for the Arts award, the Shelley prize for poetry, and has had residences at the Civitella Ranieri Center in Umbria, The Atlantic Center for the Arts and at the Christian Woman’s University in Tokyo.
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She has received a National Endowment for the Arts award, the Shelley prize for poetry, and has had residences at the Civitella Ranieri Center in Umbria, The Atlantic Center for the Arts and at the Christian Woman’s University in Tokyo.
Anne Waldman sings “The Garden of Love” by William Blake 2006
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This isn’t good for people who long to buy that simple but great Sangiovese they found in Umbria — or for people who are curious about wine but uncertain of their tastes.
Dumbing Down Wine 2006
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