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Mo⋅de⋅na

[mohd-n-uh; It. maw-de-nah]
–noun
a city in N Italy, NW of Bologna. 178,959.
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Mo·de·na   (môd'n-ə, mō'dě-nä)   
A city of northern Italy west-northwest of Bologna. An ancient Etruscan settlement and later (after 183 B.C.) a Roman colony, Modena became a free commune in the 12th century A.D. and was absorbed into Italy in 1860. Population: 180,000.
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