Definition of Tivoli

1. Noun. A town twenty miles to the east of Rome (Tibur is the ancient name); a summer resort during the Roman empire; noted for its waterfalls.

Exact synonyms: Tibur
Generic synonyms: Town
Group relationships: Italia, Italian Republic, Italy

Definition of Tivoli

1. n. A game resembling bagatelle, played on a special oblong board or table (Tivoli board or table), which has a curved upper end, a set of numbered compartments at the lower end, side alleys, and the surface studded with pins and sometimes furnished with numbered depressions or cups.

Definition of Tivoli

1. Proper noun. An ancient city in the Italian region of Lazio. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tivoli

Tito
Titograd
Titoism
Titus
Titus Flavius Domitianus
Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus
Titus Flavius Vespasianus
Titus Livius
Titus Lucretius Carus
Titus Maccius Plautus
Titus Oates
Titus Vespasianus Augustus
Titusville
Tiu
Tivoli (current term)
Tiziano Vecellio
Tizona
Tizzoni's stain
Tjalling Charles Koopmans
Tjalling Koopmans
Tl
Tlahuica
Tlapanec
Tlaxcala
Tli polymerase
Tlingit
Tm
Tm cells
Tn

Literary usage of Tivoli

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Days near Rome by Augustus John C. Hare (1884)
"The railway terminus is close to the castle of Tivoli and the Villa d'Este. ... The round which Tivoli guides and donkey-men take strangers, ..."

2. Italy : Handbook for Travellers: Second Part, Central Italy and Rome by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1890)
"From this point to the Porta del Colle of Tivoli about 1/2 M. Hurried visitors ... Guides at Tivoli ask 5-6 fr., those at S. Polo, which the traveller may ..."

3. Rome, in the Nineteenth Century: Containing a Complete Account of the Ruins by Charlotte Anne Eaton (1852)
"The pencil only can describe Tivoli; and though unlike other scenes, ... It almost seems as if THE beauty of Tivoli consists in its rocks and waterfalls. ..."

4. Days Near Rome by Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (1875)
"Tivoli. (This, 18 miles distant, is the most attractive of all the places in the immediate ... The round which Tivoli guides and donkey-men take strangers, ..."

5. Pencillings by the Way: Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in by Nathaniel Parker Willis (1853)
"Tivoli RUINS OF THE BATHS OF DIOCLETIAN FALLS OF Tivoli ... I have seen many finer falls than Tivoli ; that is, more water, and falling farther ; but I do ..."

6. The Tourist in Italy by Thomas Roscoe (1831)
"Tivoli. Parvum parva decent. Mihi jam non regla Roma Sed vacuum Tibur placet. HORACE. Tivoli, the Richmond of Rome, is situated about eighteen miles distant ..."

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