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Cuneo
Cuneo , city (1991 pop. 55,794), capital of Cuneo prov., Piedmont, NW Italy, on the Stura River, near the Maritime Alps. It is an agricultural and light industrial center and a transportation junction. Manufactures include processed food, metals, beer, and plastics. Silkworms are raised. A possession of the house of Savoy after 1382, Cuneo endured numerous sieges (especially in 1799, when it fell to Austrian and Russian forces). |
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Cuneo
Cuneo, Piedmont/Italy Derived from the Latin cuneus with the meaning of a ‘Point on the Ground between Two Rivers’; it lies in the v formed by the confluence of the Stura di Demonte and Gesso Rivers.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Cuneo." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Cuneo." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Cuneo.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Cuneo." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Cuneo.html |
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