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Perugia
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Pe·ru·gia  (p-rj, -j-, p-rjä)
A city of central Italy on a hill overlooking the Tiber River north of Rome. An important Etruscan settlement, it fell to the Romans c. 310 b.c. and became a Lombard duchy in a.d. 592 and a free city in the 12th century. Perugia was later the artistic center of Umbria and is today a commercial, industrial, and tourist center. Population: 162,000.
Pe·rugian adj. & n.
Perugia [pəˈruːdʒə (Italian) peˈruːdʒa]
n
1. (Placename) a city in central Italy, in Umbria: centre of the Umbrian school of painting (15th century); university (1308); Etruscan and Roman remains. Pop.: 156 673 (2000 est.) Ancient name Perusia
2. (Placename) Lake. another name for (Lake) Trasimene
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