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  • ...' is a name for [[salad]] in some countries. In [[Italy]], [[Spain]] and [[Latin America]] it is a name for a [[fruit salad]] made from fresh [[fruit]]s and
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  • [[Image:Gulf of Taranto map.png|thumb|right|Map of the Gulf of Taranto.]] ...'Gulf of Taranto''' ([[Italian language|Italian]]: ''Golfo di Taranto'', [[Latin]]: ''Sinus Tarentinus'') is a gulf of the [[Ionian Sea]], in southern [[Ita
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  • [[Image:Statueofshiva.JPG|right|thumb|200px|A massive sculpture of [[Lord Shiva]] holding a trident ([[Tris [[Image:Poseidon sculpture Copenhagen 2005.jpg|thumb|right|[[Poseidon]] sculpture holding a trident]]
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  • [[Image:CiaoBellaPostcard_3.gif|right|180px]] ...' literally meaning "I am your slave". This greeting is analogous to the [[Latin]] ''[[Servus]]'' which is still used in a large section of [[Central Europe
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  • [[Image:Tuscan archipelago.png|thumb|right|300px|Elba and the Tuscan Archipelago.]] '''Elba''' (Latin "Ilva") is an [[island]] in [[Tuscany]], [[Italy]], 20 km from the coastal
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  • ...nimal is called [[locomotion]]. The word ''vehicle'' itself comes from the Latin ''vehiculum''.
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  • '''Lazio''' ('''Latium''' in [[Latin language|Latin]]) is a ''[[Regions of Italy|regione]]'' of central [[Italy]], bordered by
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  • [[Italian language|Italian]] ''pasta'', from [[Latin]] ''pasta'' "dough, pastry cake, paste", from [[Greek language|Greek]] πά [[Image:Moser Spaghetti essender Junge.jpg||thumb|right|200px|''Boy with [[Spaghetti]]'' by Julius Moser, c.1808]]
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  • ...rom their [[Latin]] counterparts, subject pronouns in Milanese derive from Latin ''dative'' pronouns. This makes Milanese subject pronouns resemble Italian ...ention that the ''-t'' suffix of the 2nd person of verbs also derives from Latin "te", for a notable total of three subject pronouns per verb).
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  • [[File:brixia_zust_mod_10hp_1908.jpg|thumb|right|300px|'''1908 Brixia Zust Mod 10hp''' [http://www.museoauto.it <small>Sourc [[Image:brixia_zust_28.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
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  • [[Image:Macaroni closeup.jpg|thumb|right|Close-up photo of a handfull of macaroni noodles.]] ...g to the crushing of the wheat to make the pasta) which comes in turn from Latin macerare.
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:250px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll ...nhabitants of a small Roman town 5&nbsp;km (3&nbsp;mi)&nbsp;S at Attiggio (Latin ''Attidium''), of which some slight remains and inscriptions are extant. Fa
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  • The term ''Mediterranean'' derives from the [[Latin]] ''mediterraneus'', 'inland' (''medius'', 'middle' + ''terra'', 'land, ear ...human history. It was, for example, commonly called ''[[Mare Nostrum]]'' (Latin, ''Our Sea'') by the Romans. In the [[Bible]], it is referred to as the [[G
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:250px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll ...rence to both the [[zodiac]] sign of [[Libra (astrology)|Libra]] and the [[Latin]] word for [[balancing scale]], signals an end of the previous Lancia namin
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:300px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll ...o Graziellan Folding Motorcycle''' (The name Graziella is Derived from the Latin nickname and common name of the Imperial age that means "graceful, pleasant
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  • [[Image:Trieste-Stemma.png|80px|right]] '''Trieste''' ([[Latin]] ''Tergeste'', [[Italian language|Italian]] ''Trieste'',[[German language|
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  • [[Image:MinestroneSoup.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Minestrone soup in a bowl]] '''Minestrone''' (meaning simply "dish", from [[Latin]] ''MINESTRARE'' = "to serve or dish up") is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[soup]]
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  • ...nship 250cc category, scoring no points. That same year, he was 3rd in the Latin American circuit of that same class. The next year, he finished 18th in the
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:250px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll ...|Greek]]: '''Κρότων'''; [[Modern Greek]]: '''Κρότωνας'''; [[Latin language|Latin]]: '''Crotona'''), it was known as '''Cotrone''' from the [[Middle Ages]] u
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:250px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll '''Barium''' -- the old Latin name for Bari (Greek name was '''Barion''') -- does not seem to have been a
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  • [[Image:USDA windmills.jpg|right|thumb|Wind turbines]] The scientific definition of a "machine" (derived from the Latin ''machina'') is any device that is not a computer that transmits or modifie
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  • [[Image:grappa_pascena.jpg|70px|right|thumb]] [[Image:A glass of tasty grappa.jpg|thumb|right|265px|A glass of grappa]]
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:250px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll ...'' has nothing to do with the [[rose]] or [[Mary]], but derives from the [[Latin]] name ''rosmarinus'', which is presumed to mean "dew of the sea", though s
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:250px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll [[Image:MT_01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Borile B500MT]]
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  • [[Image:GBentivoglio2.jpg|frame|right|Giovanni II Bentivoglio.]] '''Bentivoglio''' (in [[Latin]], rendered as ''Bentivoius'') was an [[Italy|Italian]] family of princely
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:250px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll ...elunga]] model, on which its [[chassis]] was based. The word "Mangusta" is Latin for "[[Mongoose]]", an animal that eats [[cobra|cobras]]. It was rumored th
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  • [[Image:Ventimiglia_082005.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The [[campanile]] of the cathedral rises above Ventimiglia.]] '''Ventimiglia''' ([[French language|in French]] ''Vintimille'', Latin '''Album Intimilium''' or '''Albintimilium''') is a frontier town, commune
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:250px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll ...sp;28.7% <br>Ulivo (Social Democrats):&nbsp;17.7% <br>Forza Italia (Center-Right):&nbsp;11.6%<br>Rifondazione Comunista (Communists):&nbsp;5.7%<br>Lega Nord
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  • [[Image:Alps in the Chamonix Valley, near the Mer de Glace.jpg|thumb|275px|right|The West face of the Petit Dru above the [[Chamonix]] valley near the [[Mer ...m [[Latin]] ''Alpes'' (meaning "the Alps"), which may be influenced by the Latin words ''albus'' (white) or ''altus'' (high), or a [[Celtic languages|Celtic
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  • ...ry BC]]. Their language was [[Umbrian language|Umbrian]], a relative of [[Latin]]. The modern region of Umbria, however, is essentially a different region [[Image:Umbria Provinces.png|thumb|right|250px|Provinces of Umbria]]
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  • [[Image:minarelli pcb 026.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''1973 Minarelli 50 cc PCB race, P6 water-cooled motor for short rac ...estinations was reached. The engines left [[Bologna]] to Italy, Europe and Latin America.
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  • The name derives from [[Latin]], as it was called by [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] '''Campania felix''' ("fortu
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  • ...narrowest sense, ''Padania'' refers to the valley of the [[River Po]] (In Latin, ''Padus''). The term was however used sparingly if at all, since ''pianura
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  • ...dia di Finanza'' has around 68.000 policeman (agents, NCOs, officers). Its Latin motto since 1933 is ''Nec recisa recedit'' ([[Italian language|Italian]]: ' [[Image:guardia.di.finanza.car.arp.jpg|thumb|right|Guardia di Finanza police in central [[Rome]]]]
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:200px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll ...e|Spanish]] the [[verb]] [[conjugation]] system (see [[Old Latin#Verbs|Old Latin]]), while [[Sardinian language|Sardinian]] is the most conservative in term
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:220px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll [[Image:Goodyear_blimp.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Goodyear blimp]]
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  • [[Image:Salerno-Stemma.png|right|130px]] [[Image:Capri and Ischia map.png|thumb|right|300px|The island of Ischia near Naples, Italy.]]
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  • ...ons_laws_in_latin.jpg|thumb|right|296px|Newton's First and Second laws, in Latin, from the original 1687 edition of the [[Philosophiae Naturalis Principia M [[Image:Skaters showing newtons third law.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Newton's third law. The skaters' forces on each other are equal in ma
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  • ...n language]] gradually came under the strong influence of [[Latin language|Latin]], turning eventually into a [[romance language|Romance tongue]]. The Phoen
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  • The '''Lombards''' ([[Latin]] ''Langobardi'', from which the alternative name '''Longobards''' found in ...ith his name, which established the laws and the habits of his people in [[Latin language]]: the edict was not directed to the subjects of the Lombards, whi
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  • * [[340 BC]] &ndash; Rome enters the [[Latin War]] on the side of the [[Samnites]]. * [[338 BC]] &ndash; End of the [[Latin War]]. Latin League dissolved, and territory placed under Roman control.
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:250px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll The island derives its name from the [[Latin]] name ''Prochyta''. According to another theory, the name comes from ''Pri
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  • [[Image:Forum Romanum panorama 2.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The [[Roman Forum]] was the central area around which ancient Rome de [[Image:She-wolf suckles Romulus and Remus.jpg|thumb|right|300px|According to legend, [[founding of Rome|Rome was founded]] in [[750s
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  • [[Image:Panettone.jpg|thumb|right|250px]] ...style. This brand is now also owned by [[Nestlé]] and exported throughout Latin America. In recent years, Brazilian Panettoni have increased in quality an
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:250px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll ...s) is still manufactured in [[Turkey]] and [[Brazil]] for local (and other Latin American) markets. The Brazilian version was facelifted in 2001, when it ga
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  • [[Image:Lada 1200.jpg|right|thumb|300px|1982 Lada 1300]] ...ets. Lada cars maintained a presence in a number of African, Caribbean and Latin American markets.
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:250px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll ...the Italian automaker [[Fiat]] as a [[world car]] in [[Eastern Europe]], [[Latin America]] and [[Middle East]]. In [[India]], the Fiat Linea was launched in
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  • [[Image:Table of architecture, Cyclopaedia, 1728, volume 1.jpg|thumb|right|160px|Table of architecture, ''[[Cyclopaedia]]'', 1728]]
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  • ...cy (Italy)|Christian Democracy]], Veneto is now a stronghold of the centre-right [[House of Freedoms]] coalition, which governs the region from 1995, under [[Eraclea]] is a small and tranquil paradise right in the middle of pine forests.
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  • ...|| {{flagiconFIN}} ||colspan=2|White||Two blue stripes on bonnet shaping a Latin cross||Black on white||align=center|[[Image:Auto racing color FIN.png|50px]
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  • {| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; backgroun [[Image:It-map.png|right|Map of Italy]]
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  • ...89]]. Some writers suppose that the original church was in the form of a [[Latin cross]] and belonged to the [[8th century]]. An early restoration was compl
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:250px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll ...ission to destroy technology which has fallen into the hands of an unnamed Latin American country (but obviously Cuba, and Castro), and features him flying
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:220px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll |National anthem || ''[[Inno e Marcia Pontificale]]''<br><small>([[Latin]]: Hymn and
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  • [[Image:4-Stroke-Engine.gif|framed|right|[[Four-stroke cycle]] (or Otto cycle)]] ...''ingenium'', "ability") meant any piece of [[machinery]]. A "motor" (from Latin ''motor'', "mover") is any machine that produces mechanical [[Power (physic
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  • ...the drivers seat of a an early Züst (circa 1904) and the person on the far right is [[Roberto Züst]]. The photo was taken in the Züst workshop in [[Intra] [[File:1908_Zust_28-45_HP.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''1908 Züst 28-45 HP 4 cylinders, 7432 cc displacement 45 hp]]
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  • [[Image:alca-volpe_1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|'''1947 A.L.C.A. Volpe'''<br> ...Volpe, MICROCAR Italian version of the Iberian market, Portugal, Morocco, Latin America and Spanish colonies.
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  • [[Image:Alaska Highway1.jpg|240px|right|thumb|Map of the ''Alaska Highway'' portion (in red) of the Pan-American Hi ...convened [[October 5]], [[1925]] in [[Buenos Aires]]. Mexico was the first Latin American country to complete its portion of the highway, in 1950.
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  • [[Image:MichelinManRunning.jpg|thumb|right|200px|'''Bibendum''' (The Michelin Man)]] ...8 poster showed him offering the toast ''Nunc est bibendum'' ("Cheers!" in Latin) to his scrawny competitors with a glass full of road hazards, with the tit
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  • ...''ingenium'', "ability") meant any piece of [[machinery]]. A "motor" (from Latin ''motor'', "mover") is any machine that produces mechanical [[Power (physic
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  • ...and ''engineer'' (as well as ''ingenious'') developed in parallel from the Latin root ''ingeniosus'', meaning "skilled". An engineer is thus a clever, pract
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:250px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll [[Image:Capri.jpg|thumb|right|290px|Overlooking Capri harbor from the rotunda in [[Villa San Michele]].]]
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  • ...m for a [[sedan (car)|sedan]]. Literally means [[tourism]], used mostly in Latin American Countries.
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  • ...|| {{flagiconFIN}} ||colspan=2|White||Two blue stripes on bonnet shaping a Latin cross||Black on white||align=center|[[Image:Auto racing color FIN.png|50px]
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:300px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll [[image:Lambo_Diablo_WOI.jpg|thumb|290px|right|'''Lamborghini Diablo at [http://www.woiow.com Wheels Of Italy]]]'''
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  • [[Image:RomanKingdom.png|250px|right]] The '''Roman Kingdom''' ([[Latin]]: ''Regnum Romanum'') was the [[monarchy|monarchal]] [[government]] for th
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:250px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll '''Bologna''', from [[Latin]] ''Bononia'', ''Bulåggna'' in the local dialect) is the capital city of [
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  • ...truscan family name "Saina", the Roman family name of the "Saenii", or the Latin word "senex" ("old") or the derived form "seneo", "to be old".
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  • [[Image:Sardinia satellite.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Satellite image]] [[Image:No-smoking-sardinian.JPG|right|thumb|350px|A no-smoking sign in both [[Sardinian language|Sardinian]] and
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:220px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll ...the initial struggles, relationships between the Lombard minority and the Latin-speaking majority improved. In the end, the Lombard language and culture di
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  • [[Image:Modern-tractor.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A modern [[farm]] tractor.]] A '''tractor''' (from [[Latin]] ''trahere'' "to pull"; a conflicting history of the name is that steam tr
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  • ...o in [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]], ''sukti'' means "to rotate". The Latin word ''[[:wikt:rota|rota]]'' is from the Proto-Indo-European *''rotā-'', t [[Image:Standard of Ur chariots.jpg|frame|right|A depiction of [[onager]]-drawn carts on the [[Sumer]]ian "battle standard
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:250px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll |National motto || Deo Juvante<br>([[Latin]]: With God's Help)
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  • [[Image:4-Stroke-Engine.gif|framed|right|[[Four-stroke cycle]] (or Otto cycle)<br />1. intake<br />2. compression<br [[Image:Colorized car engine.jpg|thumb|right|A colorized [[automobile]] engine]]
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  • [[Image:Rimini-Stemma.png|right|150px]] ...ir last defeat (283 BC), it returned to the Umbri and became in 263 BC a [[Latin colony]], very helpful to the Romans during the late Gallic wars.
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  • [[Image:LocationEurope.png|thumb|250px|right|World map showing Europe]] [[Image:Europe countries map en.png|thumb|250px|right|Political map (neighbouring countries in Asia and Africa also shown)]]
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  • [[Image:ferrengalum.jpg|thumb|right|250px|<BIG><center>Ferrari Crank Case made of aluminium</center></BIG>]] ...ehler|Friedrich Wöhler]] is generally credited with isolating aluminium ([[Latin]] ''alumen'', [[alum]]) in 1827 by mixing anhydrous [[aluminium chloride]]
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:250px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll The plan of the city is rectangular, and the streets intersect at right angles, a peculiarity handed down from Roman times, though the area enclose
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  • [[Image:mask.gif|right]] ...], [[Machiavelli]] and [[Petrarch]]. For works from [[ancient Rome]] see [[Latin literature]].
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  • ...], [[Machiavelli]] and [[Petrarch]]. For works from [[ancient Rome]] see [[Latin literature]]. [[Image:Boethius initial consolation philosophy.jpg|thumb|right|350px|A depiction of Boetius teaching his students (1385). Boetius, a 6th c
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  • [[Image:Verona-Stemma.png|right|130px]] [[Image:It-map.png|thumb|right|300px|Map of Italy showing Verona in the north]]
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  • {| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=280 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; backgroun ...is also called "''la Città Eterna''" (the Eternal City), "l'''Urbe''" (the latin for the City pre-eminently) and "''The City of the Seven Hills''".
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:250px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll ...into use in the 18th century and is an Italian rendition of ''meridies'' (Latin for 'south', because of the sun's position at midday in the northern hemisp
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:250px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll ...nd roughly equidistant from two major rivers, the Ticino and the Adda. Its Latin name, ''[[Mediolanum]]'' roughly meaning "wool in the middle" also built on
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:250px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll ...'Zena''''' [{{IPA|'zeːna}}] in [[Genoese dialect|Genoese]], '''Genua''' in Latin and, archaically, in English) is a [[city]] and a [[seaport]] in northern [
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  • [[Image:Puccini.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Giacomo Puccini]]]] ...ions, led by writers, collectors and traditional performers. The political right in Italy viewed this roots revival with disdain, as a product of the "unpri
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  • [[Image:Benz-velo.jpg|thumb|right|213px|Karl Benz's "Velo" model (1894) - entered into the first automobile r The term ''automobile'' is derived from Greek ''auto-'' ("self") and Latin ''mobilis'' ("movable"), referring to the fact that it "moves by itself".
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:250px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll [[Image:TNDVillainElliotCarver.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Villain:[[Elliot Carver]]]]
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  • ...lion in [[Asia-Pacific]], 19.4 million in USA and Canada, 4.4 million in [[Latin America]], 2.4 million in the [[Middle East]] and 1.4 million in [[Africa]] ||Subsidiary||Europe, Latin America, South Africa
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  • ...ˈpiːtsə), in [[Italian language|Italian]]: {{IPA|['pit.tsa]}} - from the [[Latin]] verb '''pìnsere''', ''to press'') is a world-popular dish of [[Italy|Ita [[Image:Eq it-na pizza-margherita sep2005 sml.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Authentic Neapolitan pizza margherita, the base for most kinds of piz
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:250px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll ...English translation of the Bond family motto, ''Orbis non sufficit'' (in [[Latin]]), which was established and adopted by James Bond in the novel and film,
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:250px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll [[Image:Permis8.jpg|250px|thumb|right|James Bond transferring from a [[Piper Cub]] plane to a tanker truck in ''L
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:250px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll ===Return in the centre-right and participation to the national government===
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:250px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll ...en cynical world while attempting to hold onto his deep beliefs of what is right and wrong". The actor advised Haggis on the script and, as a fan of [[Marc
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  • [[Image:Provinces_of_Sicily_map.png|thumb|right|300px|The provinces of Sicily]] [[Image:Palermo panorama.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Palermo is the regional capital of Sicily]]
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  • {| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:right; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:250px; background:#505050; border-collapse:coll ...lised. However, he often challenged for race victories and was voted top [[Latin American]] driver at the Premios [[Fox Sports Net|Fox]] Sports awards in 20
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  • [[Image:Tacuinum Sanitatis-threshing.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Peasants [[threshing]] ''siligo'', a type of [[wheat]]. ''[[Tacuinum [[Image:Beaver fish tail.jpg|thumb|right|250px|During the Middle Ages it was believed that [[beaver]] tails were of
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