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Cremona

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Cre·mo·na  (kr-mn)
A city of northern Italy on the Po River east-southeast of Milan. Originally a Roman colony, it was an independent commune in the Middle Ages until its surrender to Milan in 1334. Population: 70,900.
Cremona (Italian) [kreˈmoːna]
n
(Placename) a city in N Italy, in Lombardy on the River Po: noted for the manufacture of fine violins in the 16th-18th centuries. Pop.: 75 160 (1990)
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Noun1.CremonaCremona - a city in Lombardy on the Po River; noted for the manufacture of fine violins from the 16th to the 18th centuries
Lombardia, Lombardy - a region of north central Italy bordering Switzerland


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