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Pages in category "Italian feminine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 227 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of nickname-related list articles on Wikipedia. A nickname is "a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name." [ 1 ] A nickname is often considered desirable, symbolising a form of acceptance, but can sometimes be a form of ridicule.
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"Venice of America", nickname for Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. Venice of Cieszyn, part of the Old Town of Cieszyn, Poland; Venice of Portugal, nickname for Aveiro, Portugal; Venice of the East, a list of places with this nickname; Venice of the North, a list of places with this nickname; Venice of the Orient, nickname for Shanghai, China
Giorgione (c. 1477 – 1510) is the familiar name of Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco, one of the seminal artists of the High Renaissance in Venice. Carlo Goldoni (25 February 1707 – 6 February 1793), Along with Luigi Pirandello, Goldoni is probably the most famous name in Italian theatre, in his country and abroad.
Portia is the central female character in The Merchant of Venice. She disguises herself as a lawyer in an attempt to thwart Shylock's attempt on Antonio's life. Portia is the wife of Brutus in Julius Caesar. Posthumus Leonatus (usually just "Posthumus") is the exiled husband of Imogen, in Cymbeline. Persuaded she has been unfaithful, he orders ...
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando(1860–1952), Prime Minister of Italy from October 1917 to June 1919. Representing Italy in the 1919 Paris Peace Conference with his foreign minister Sidney Sonnino. Known as "Premier of Victory" for defeating the Central Powers along with the Entente in World War I; Giacomo Matteotti (1885–1924), socialist politician.