Pisa
pronunciation
How to pronounce Pisa in British English:
UK ['pi:zə]
How to pronounce Pisa in American English:
US [ˈpizə, -zɑ]
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- Noun:
- a city in Tuscany; site of the famous Leaning Tower
Word Origin
- Pisa
- Italian city, from Etruscan, of uncertain meaning. Related: Pisan.
Example
- 1. In this tutorial , you will learn how to do modeling of pisa tower in italy .
- 2. Five years ago much of this farm was scrubland . This spring mr pisa will reap around 3 tonnes of soyabeans per hectare .
- 3. It takes a long time to realize that one can encounter the faces in these tuscan paintings any day of the week in the streets of florence or pisa .
- 4. Top photo : pisa 's tourist-magnet leaning tower was in danger of leaning all the way over , until some clever engineering straightened it up a little .
- 5. Pisa was retaken by the florentine republic only in 1509 , during a military campaign in which machiavelli played a political role .