Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northern Italy on the Po River east-southeast of Milan. Originally a Roman colony, it has been noted since the 17th century for its production of stringed instruments.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any violin made at Cremona, Italy, by the Amati family, in the latter part of the sixteenth and in the seventeenth century, and by Stradivarius at the beginning of the eighteenth century.
- noun Same as
cromorna .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A superior kind of violin, formerly made at Cremona, in Italy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Province of
Lombardy ,Italy . - proper noun Town and capital of Cremona.
- noun A superior kind of
violin , formerly made at Cremona in Italy.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a city in Lombardy on the Po River; noted for the manufacture of fine violins from the 16th to the 18th centuries
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Examples
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In 1437, Bernardino died in Cremona, bequeathing to his sons a castle and a cavalry force.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Canni, in Cremona following the 1942 bombings of Milano.
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IT is not a year ago since there was in Cremona a gentleman named Messire Jean Pierre, who had long loved a lady in his neighborhood; but for all he could do he had never been able to obtain from her the response he longed for, though she loved him with all her heart.
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At many stops students were greeted with concerts, including one performed on 17th-century violins in Cremona, home of the world’s most coveted string instruments.
Slow Food, High Gear 2008
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At many stops students were greeted with concerts, including one performed on 17th-century violins in Cremona, home of the world’s most coveted string instruments.
Slow Food, High Gear 2008
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At many stops students were greeted with concerts, including one performed on 17th-century violins in Cremona, home of the world’s most coveted string instruments.
Slow Food, High Gear 2008
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[(from his Cremona were the only) 29.2 (claims from which he could derive either favour or)] TJ
The Corinna of England, and a Heroine in the Shade: a Modern Romance Anonymous 1809
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Venice, where Violin manufacture was in the most flourishing condition, and adopted the name of "Cremona" as the sign of his house.
The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators George Hart
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Mike, indeed, was a great acquisition to our party; for, besides singing a good Irish song, he had learned to play the fiddle, -- and, of course, he had brought his "Cremona," of which he was justly proud, along with him.
Afar in the Forest William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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Today I am again completely fascinated by the automobile—as a machine, as an instrument of human ingenuity, as a political and economic force, as an expression of art and design to rival Cremona violins and Shanghai skyscrapers.
Detroit Show's Soundtrack: America the Beautiful Dan Neil 2012
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