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Savona

(Italian saˈvoːna)
n
(Placename) a port in NW Italy, in Liguria on the Mediterranean: an important centre of the Italian iron and steel industry. Pop: 59 907 (2001)
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Sa•vo•na

(səˈvoʊ nə)

n.
a city in N Italy on the Mediterranean. 79,393.
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She who was my cradle in those years had been built on the River of Savona by a famous builder of boats, was rigged in Corsica by another good man, and was described on her papers as a 'tartane' of sixty tons.
USGBC and GBCI, the organization that certifies LEED green building projects globally, said Savona, Italy, is the first LEED-certified city in Europe.
Exercising his authority under the Italian constitution, President Sergio Mattarella vetoed Paolo Savona as finance minister due to his long resume espousing anti-EU theories.
Among members of the new government is economist Paolo Savona, who created a plan for Italy's departure from the common currency.
Murano Eyewear has added two new styles--'Savona' and 'Imperia'--to its collection of spectacles.
President Sergio Mattarella -- given refereelike powers to oversee the formation of governments -- refused to approve as finance minister 81-year-old Paolo Savona. In a new book, Savona described Italy's adoption of the euro as a "historic error," according to media accounts.
Italy was mired in fresh political chaos after the populist parties' bid to take power collapsed with the president set to appoint Monday a pro-austerity economist to lead a technocrat government ahead of new elections.President Sergio Mattarella vetoed the nomination of fierce eurosceptic Paolo Savona as economy minister, enraging the anti-establishment Five Star Movement and far-right League and prompting their prime minister-elect to step aside.
Conte resigned after the parties' favoured candidate to serve as finance minister, Paolo Savona, was rejected by the Italian president, Sergio Mattarella.
Italian filmmaker Stefano Savona spent nine years trying to piece together what happened when a farming community in the north of the Gaza Strip was razed by Israeli special forces, killing 29 civilians mostly huddled in a house together.
The Sistine Chapel in Savona, as part of the International Music Festival of Savona, a concert was staged on 4 June marking the 25th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Macedonia.
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