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  • 31Tigranes the Great — This article is about a king of Armenia in the 1st century BCE. For other historical figures with the same name (including other kings of Armenia) see Tigranes. Tigranes II King of Armenia Tigranes II …

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  • 32Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …

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  • 33Italy — • In ancient times Italy had several other names: it was called Saturnia, in honour of Saturn; Enotria, wine producing land; Ausonia, land of the Ausonians; Hesperia, land to the west (of Greece); Tyrrhenia, etc. The name Italy, which seems to… …

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  • 34tra|mon|tane — «truh MON tayn, TRAM uhn », adjective, noun. –adj. 1. being or situated beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps as viewed from Italy; having to do with the other side of the mountains. 2. (of the wind) coming across or from beyond the… …

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  • 35ancient Italic people — ▪ people Introduction       any of the peoples diverse in origin, language, traditions, stage of development, and territorial extension who inhabited pre Roman Italy, a region heavily influenced by neighbouring Greece (ancient Greek civilization) …

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  • 36tramontane — /treuh mon tayn, tram euhn tayn /, adj. Also, transmontane. 1. being or situated beyond the mountains. 2. beyond the Alps as viewed from Italy; transalpine. 3. of, pertaining to, or coming from the other side of the mountains. 4. foreign;… …

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  • 37tramontane — /trəˈmɒnteɪn/ (say truh montayn) adjective 1. Also, transmontane. being or situated beyond the mountains, (originally, beyond the Alps as viewed from Italy). 2. relating to the other side of the mountains. 3. Obsolete from another country;… …

  • 38Celts — Celt redirects here. For other uses, see Celt (disambiguation). This article is about the ancient peoples of Europe. For Celts of the present day, see Celts (modern). Diachronic distribution of Celtic peoples …

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  • 39Thermantia — (d. 415) was the second Empress consort of Honorius, Western Roman Emperor.FamilyShe was a daughter of Stilicho, magister militum of the Western Roman Empire, and Serena. Thermantia was a sister of Eucherius and Maria. De Consulatu Stilichonis by …

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  • 40Ultramontane — Ul tra*mon tane, [LL. ultramontanus; L. ultra beyond + montanus belonging to a mountain, from mons, montis, mountain: cf. F. ultramontain, It. ultramontano. See {Ultra }, and {Mountain}.] Being beyond the mountains; specifically, being beyond the …

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