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Definition of Modena
1. n. A certain crimsonlike color.
Definition of Modena
1. Proper noun. Province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. ¹
2. Proper noun. City and capital of the province of Modena. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Modena
1. a shade of crimson [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Modena
Literary usage of Modena
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Ercole III, who by his marriage acquired the duchy of Massa and Carrara, succeeded
to that of Modena in 1780, and at the approach of Napoleon, sought refuge ..."
2. Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With Anecdotes of by Agnes Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland (1846)
"... duke—Obstacles stated—He goes to look at the other ladies—Intrigues about the
marriage at home—Mysterious letters from the court of Modena—Perplexity of ..."
3. The Map of Europe by Treaty: Showing the Various Political and Territorial by Edward Hertslet (1875)
"Cession by Lucca to Modena of Territory on the right Bank of the River Enza, with
the isolated Duchy of Guastalla, in exchange for the Domains of Bazzano ..."
4. The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages by Hastings Rashdall, Pedro Beltrán, Solomon Northup, Robin George Collingwood (1895)
"As, however, there is no express evidence that Modena was ever looked ...
638 sq., and Biblioteca alumnos semper diligere consuevit' Modenese (Modena 1781) ..."
5. The Lombard Communes: A History of the Republics of North Italy by William Francis Thomas Butler (1906)
"So we find Modena, Mantua, and Parma frequently leagued against Bologna and ...
Vercelli has no very definite position ; Mantua, Reggio, and Modena were ..."
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