Emilia-Romagna

E·mi·lia-Ro·ma·gna  (-mly-r-mänyä)

A region of northern Italy bordering on the Adriatic Sea. Named for the Aemilian Way, a Roman road laid out in 187 b.c. that connected Piacenza with Rimini, the area was conquered by the Lombards in the fifth century a.d. and became part of the kingdom of Italy in 1861.

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Emilia-Romagna [ɪˈmiːlɪərəʊˈmɑːnjə (Italian) eˈmiːlia-roˈmaɲɲa]

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(Placename) a region of N central Italy, on the Adriatic: rises from the plains of the Po valley in the north to the Apennines in the south. Capital: Bologna. Pop.: 3 981 146 (2000 est.). Area: 22 123 sq. km (8628 sq. miles)

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Emilia-Romagna - a region of north central Italy on the Adriatic Italia, Italian Republic, Italy - a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD Bologna - the capital of Emilia-Romagna; located in northern Italy to the east of the Apennines