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• Lancia Kappa
  ...y as the '''k''' (lower case "k"), which is fairly similar to the original Greek letter. {{Lancia modern timeline}}
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• Architecture
  ...in language|Latin]], ''architectura'' and ultimately from [[Greek language|Greek]], ''αρχιτεκτων'', "a master builder", from ''αρχι-'' "chief, In modern usage, architecture is the [[art]] and [[discipline]] of creating an actual
  15 KB (2,153 words) - 08:12, 8 October 2009
• Wheel
  ..."to revolve, move around". This is also the root of the [[Greek language|Greek]] κυκλος ''kuklos'', the [[Sanskrit]] ''[[chakra]]'', and [[Persian l ...anthropology|paleoanthropologists]] now date the emergence of anatomically modern humans to ca. 150,000 years ago, 143,000 of those years were "wheel-less".
  13 KB (1,944 words) - 12:16, 8 October 2009
• Capri
  According to the Greek geographer [[Strabo]], Capri was once united to the mainland. This has been ...residence, the Sea Palace, one of the first displays of [[fossils]]. More modern excavation s have showed that human presence on the island can be dated bac
  12 KB (1,768 words) - 00:21, 8 August 2009
• Roman cuisine
  ...t (psychology)|habits]] were affected by the influence of [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] culture, the political changes from kingdom to republic to empire, and th ...he evening the main meal of the day, the ''cena''. Due to the influence of Greek habits and also the increased import of and consumption of foreign foods, t
  18 KB (2,908 words) - 23:41, 11 September 2009
• Italian wine
  ...the oldest wine-producing regions in the world. [[Etruscans]] and [[Greeks|Greek]] settlers produced wine in the country long before the [[Ancient Rome|Roma Most wine-making in Italy is done in modern [[winery|wineries]]. However, villagers who make wine for their own use som
  16 KB (2,471 words) - 15:51, 3 October 2009
• Southern Italy
  ...nsula]] historically forming the [[Kingdom of Naples]]. It encompasses the modern regions of [[Basilicata]], [[Campania]], [[Calabria]], [[Apulia]] and [[Mol ...ntury, the south of the peninsula was constantly plunged into wars between Greek, Lombard, and the [[Caliphate]]. The [[Norman conquest of southern Italy]]
  21 KB (3,176 words) - 08:01, 14 June 2009
• History of Naples
  ...en by the natives--bear traces of all the periods in its history, from its Greek birth until the present day. ...ailed to bewitch Ulysses with her song. The island is the site of the more modern [[Castel dell'Ovo]], "Egg Castle").
  18 KB (2,855 words) - 08:25, 8 October 2009
• Lancia Lybra
  ...signals an end of the previous Lancia naming theme involving the use of [[Greek letter]]s as model names. The Lybra is built in the [[Rivalta]] plant near {{Lancia modern timeline}}
  5 KB (653 words) - 10:32, 18 October 2009
• Prototype
  ...er things of the same category. The word derives from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''πρωτότυπον'' (''prototypon''), "primitive form", neutral of ' In many products it is common to assign the prototype iterations Greek letters. For example, a first iteration prototype may be called an "Alpha"
  16 KB (2,443 words) - 09:53, 26 October 2009
• Italy
  Modern Italy became a nation-state belatedly — on March 17, 1861, when most of t With the basis of the modern [[Italian language]] established through the eminent [[Florentine]] poet, [
  24 KB (3,378 words) - 22:17, 1 April 2009
• Ischia
  ...[[Procida]] as well.</ref>. "[[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]] rightly derives the Greek name from the local ceramic clay deposits, not from ''pithekos'' (ape); he In the sixth century the earliest Greek colony on the mainland was founded from here, on the coast of [[Campania]]
  13 KB (2,049 words) - 17:18, 11 June 2009
• Inovo Design
  ...t of Inovo Design, sums up the spirit of Lirica, whose name comes from the Greek word that stands for a song with musical accompaniment. “We seek to expre ...ted on the front fender immediately behind the wheel, but interpreted in a modern, evocative key.
  9 KB (1,424 words) - 23:54, 12 November 2012
• Automobile
  ...n English as, "carr"—derived from similar words in French and much earlier Greek words—for a vehicle that moves, especially on wheels, that was applied to ...or that automobile. Even though Benz is credited with the invention of the modern automobile, several other German engineers worked on building automobiles a
  31 KB (4,648 words) - 15:58, 10 August 2009
• Italian language
  The history of the Italian language is long, but the modern standard of the language was largely shaped by relatively recent events. Th ...throughout Italy concerning which criteria should be chosen to establish a modern Italian standard to be used as much as a literary as a spoken language. Sch
  38 KB (5,721 words) - 15:50, 2 August 2009
• Sicily
  ...lian]] and [[Sicilian language|Sicilian]], ''Σικελία'' in [[Greek language|Greek]]) is an [[Autonomous regions with special statute (Italy)|autonomous regio ...f Sicily, long absorbed into the population, were tribes known to [[greeks|Greek]] writers as the [[Elymians]], the [[Sicani]] and the Siculi or [[Sicels]].
  36 KB (5,047 words) - 14:06, 29 March 2010
• Ancient Rome
  ...gemony]] in Italy came when [[Taranto|Tarentum]], a major [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] colony, enlisted the aid of [[Pyrrhus of Epirus]] in [[282 BC]], but this ...ved in the city center, packed into [[apartment]]s, which were almost like modern [[ghetto]]s.
  37 KB (5,640 words) - 08:03, 1 October 2009
• Olive oil
  ...y means of pressure (traditional method) or [[centrifuge|centrifugation]] (modern method). After extraction the remnant solid substance, called ''[[pomace]]' ...e [[Messiah]] (מָשִׁיחַ "anointed one" -- mashiach). The word [[Christ]] (Greek Χριστός, Khristos, "the anointed one") is a literal translation of "
  16 KB (2,501 words) - 11:03, 8 October 2009
• Fiat Stilo
  *[http://www.stiloclub.gr/ Greek Official Stilo Club] {{Modern European Fiat vehicles}}
  8 KB (1,259 words) - 20:31, 27 October 2009
• Lancia Beta
  ...ain for a 1953 bus! Lancia had previously utilized the first letter of the Greek alphabet, Alpha. But this was not chosen for the new 1972 Lancia, due to th * In ''[[Modern Problems]]'' the character played by [[Chevy Chase]] drives a light blue Be
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