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Como

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Co·mo  (km)
A resort city of northern Italy near the Swiss border at the southwest end of Lake Como. The city was a Roman colony and became an independent commune in the 11th century. Population: 78,100.

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Then the band would play a march, an amnesty would be declared, the Pope would agree to retire from Rome to Brazil; then there would be a ball for the whole of Italy at the Villa Borghese on the shores of Lake Como, Lake Como being for that purpose transferred to the neighbourhood of Rome; then would come a scene in the bushes, and so on, and so on--as though you did not know all about it?
Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
When I was about five years old, while making an excursion beyond the frontiers of Italy, they passed a week on the shores of the Lake of Como.
Frankenstein by Shelley, Mary View in context
From this point, excursions may be made to Milan, Lakes Como and Maggiore, or to Milan, Verona (famous for its extraordinary fortifications), Padua, and Venice.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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