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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northwest Italy south of Milan. Originally a Roman stronghold known as Ticinum, it served as capital of the Lombard kings before 1359 and later became a leading Italian city-state.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A section or subgenus of Æsculus, the buckeye and horse-chestnut genus, still used by horticulturists as a generic name.
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- proper noun A province of
Lombardy ,Italy . - proper noun The capital of the province of Pavia.
Etymologies
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Holmgren's evaluation included Cajal's more recent contributions based on his neurofibrillar impregnation method, both for a better understanding of the interior of the nerve cell and for studies of regeneration of peripheral nerve fibers - which had also been studied by Perroncito in Pavia, a pupil of Golgi - as well as for studies of outgrowth of axons during the embryonic development, demonstrating end bulbs (growth cones).
How Golgi Shared the 1906 Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Cajal 1999
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He settled down in Pavia for good, and married Donna
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A pavis is a medieval shield of the sort made in Pavia. back
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Signiour Thorello, I am by Country a Lombard, borne in a Citty called Pavia, a poore man, and of as poore condition.
The Decameron 2004
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The Bishop of Pavia, that is to say, Monsignore de Rossi, brother of the Count of San Secondo, also arrived.
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571 1910
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The Bishop of Pavia, that is to say, Monsignore de Rossi, brother of the Count of San Secondo, also arrived.
XXIV 1909
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When Belisarius left Italy, only one city still remained to the Goths, the strong city of Ticinum, which is now known as Pavia, and which, from its magnificent position at the angle of the Ticino and the Po, was often in the early Middle Ages the last stronghold to be surrendered in Northwestern Italy.
Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation Thomas Hodgkin 1872
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Suppose Pharsalia had been, at that mysterious period when names were given, called Pavia; and that Julius Caesar's family name had been John Churchill; -- the fact would have stood in history, thus: --
The Paris Sketch Book William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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Not unlike to these, too, was the church that the King of the Lombards, Luitprand (who lived in the time of King Pepin, father of Charlemagne), built in Pavia, which is called
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 01 (of 10), Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi Giorgio Vasari 1542
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The Bishop of Pavia, that is to say, Monsignore de
Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Benvenuto Cellini 1535
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