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Este

[ es-tey ]

noun

  1. a city in northeastern Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.


Este

/ ˈɛstI /

noun

  1. a noble family of Italy founded by Alberto Azzo II (996–1097), who was invested with the town of Este in NE Italy as a fief of the Holy Roman Empire. The family governed Ferrara (13th–16th centuries), Modena, and Reggio (13th–18th centuries)


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For proof of that, check out the epic faces pulled by bassist and guitarist Este Haim on this brilliant Tumblr.

He sent directions to Mary to pack up at once and travel with the least possible delay to Este.

La junta passada de adonde comenron todas las desverguenas que al presente ay en este reyno.

Este continued in the possession of the descendants of Alberto until 1294, when it fell an easy conquest to the Carraras.

The ancestral residence of the family of Este is here, but in a more or less ruinous state to-day.

Thus three of the categories were "del Norte," "del Este," "del Sur."

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