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Murano

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Mu·ra·no  (m-rän)
A suburb of Venice, Italy, on five small islands in the Venetian lagoon. It is noted for its glassmaking industry dating back to the late 13th century.
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Ruskin had visited Torcello by this time, and was ordering his gondoliers to take him to Murano.
Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context
I elicited from my servant that two old ladies and an old gentleman had in fact rallied round Miss Tita and had supported her(they had come for her in a gondola of their own) during the journey to the cemetery, the little red-walled island of tombs which lies to the north of the town, on the way to Murano.
The Aspern Papers by James, Henry View in context
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