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Bari
...) and heart of the city, which is laid out on a rectangular plan; the more modern chaotic city surrounds this and is the result of rapid development during t '''Barium''' -- the old Latin name for Bari (Greek name was '''Barion''') -- does not seem to have been a place of great impor

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Basilicata
...ano (4365 ft). The mountainous terrain made communications difficult until modern times, and Basilicata was one of the least developed provinces of Italy. ...mountainous interior. The coasts on both sides were occupied by powerful [[Greek colonies]], part of [[Magna Graecia]].

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Salina
..." (Δίδυμη), a Greek name which refers to the two mountains as "twins". The modern name comes from the production of [[sea salt]] which was performed at the s

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Aeolian Islands
...Castello or la Cittade. They named the islands after the [[Greek_mythology|Greek]] keeper of the winds, [[Aeolus]], whose benevolence was essential. Outside

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Languages of Italy
* [[Tuscan dialect|Tuscan]] (the base of modern Standard Italian) ===Greek Languages===

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Pasta
...rom [[Latin]] ''pasta'' "dough, pastry cake, paste", from [[Greek language|Greek]] πάστα (''pasta'') "barley porridge". ...hese references are vague and simply speculate on a possible connection to modern pasta.

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Culture
...ries many regional languages have developed that some consider dialects of modern Italian. Examples include [[Milanese]], spoken near the city of [[Milan]], Italian art stretches from the Roman times to the Modern era. Several famous artists are from Italy. Italy is also rich in [[Music]

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Mediterranean Sea
...nd' (''medius'', 'middle' + ''terra'', 'land, earth'), in [[Greek language|Greek]] "mesogeios". ...e [[Bible]], it is referred to as the [[Great Sea]] or the Western Sea. In modern [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], it is called "ha-Yam ha-Tichon" (הי

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Pneumatics
'''Pneumatics''' (from the [[Greek language|Greek]] πνευματικός ''pneumatikos'', coming from the wind) is the use ...r upgrade cost, safety, and other considerations outweigh the advantage of modern digital control.

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Campania
...attractions include the [[Cumaean Sibyl|Sibyl]]'s cave at [[Cumae]], the [[Greek temple]]s at [[Paestum]], the Roman ruins at [[Pompeii]] and [[Herculaneum] ...part of [[Magna Graecia]], the Greek colonies of southern Italy; the first Greek colony was founded at [[Cumae]], north of present day Naples, in the 8th ce

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Procida
...]'. Yet another theory says that 'Procida' comes from the [[Greek language|Greek]] [[verb]] ''prokeitai'', meaning 'it lies forth', because of the appearanc ...people|Greek]] settlers to this island were immediately replaced by other Greek peoples coming from [[Cuma]].

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Crotone
...n colony of '''Croton''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: '''Κρότων'''; [[Modern Greek]]: '''Κρότωνας'''; [[Latin language|Latin]]: '''Crotona'''), it was ...century castle of [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], overlooking modern Crotone, serves as a reminder—and its successor, the [[Two Sicilies|Kingd

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Lancia Zeta
...[[Lancia]] named its variant with the, previously unused, [[Greek alphabet|Greek letter]] ''[[Zeta (letter)|Zeta]]''. With its big chrome grille, the Lancia ...eurovans were afforded a much more bubbly, contemporary look, along with a modern-looking dashboard with centrally mounted gauges. The differences are now mo

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Art of Italy
...Greek cities of the Mediterranean. The Hellenistic styles then current in Greek civilization were adopted. ...aid to have begun in [[14th century]] Italy. The rediscovery of [[Ancient Greek]] and [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] art and classics brought better [[Body proport

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Culture of Italy
...ries many regional languages have developed that some consider dialects of modern Italian. Examples include [[Milanese]], spoken near the city of [[Milan]], ...r literary genres, Roman dramatists tended to adapt and translate from the Greek. For example, Seneca's Phaedra was based on that of [[Euripides]], and man

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Vulcano
...or the island Vulcano has contributed the word for ''[[volcano]]'' in most modern [[European languages]]. The Romans used the island mainly for raw material

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Lancia Gamma
...ing some suspension elements from the Beta, so the choice of the following Greek character (Beta is second) appears as logical. The Gamma sports the '''γ'' {{Lancia modern timeline}}

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Apulia
...he [[Byzantines]]. Bari became the capital of a province that extended to modern Basilicata, and was ruled by a [[catapanus]] (governor), hence the name of ...cture of the 11th–13th centuries reflects [[Architecture of Ancient Greece|Greek]], [[Arab]], [[Norman architecture|Norman]], and [[Pisa]]n influences. The

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Mopeds
...y apply the same highway speed limits as cars and larger motorcycles since modern kapchai models are capable to reach the top speeds of about 120 ~ 130 km/h, In Greek slang mopeds are referred as "Papakia" (Greek: Παπάκια)- meaning "Ducks". They are usually powered by small [[2-st

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Stromboli
...rchipelago]] north of [[Sicily]]. This name is a corruption of the ancient Greek name (Στρογγυλή) (Stroŋgulḗ) which was given to it because of i [[J. R. R. Tolkien]], in his connections of [[Middle-earth]] and modern-day [[Europe]], had always thought of the tower [[Barad-dûr]] as being loc

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