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- noun Plural form of
Ligurian .
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Examples
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You will, perhaps, reply, that the storming a castle of the Ligurians was a thing of more consequence to the State, than that the claim of Curius should be ably supported.
Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. Marcus Tullius Cicero
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It was no fault of theirs, they said; no one had given the signal for a sortie; let him give the signal now, he would soon learn that the Romans and the Ligurians were the same that they had always been.
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The subjugation of the Ligurians was a longer and more difficult task.
A Smaller History of Rome William Smith 1853
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Ligurians, who eat it with a knife and fork, sometimes also top it with thinly sliced onions or green onions, or even slices of baby artichoke.
Archive 2009-05-01 Bryanna Clark Grogan 2009
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Ligurians, who eat it with a knife and fork, sometimes also top it with thinly sliced onions or green onions, or even slices of baby artichoke.
FARINATA OR FAINÁ (ITALIAN CHICKPEA PANCAKE), TOFU YOGURT, AND OTHER THINGS WE'VE EATEN LATELY Bryanna Clark Grogan 2009
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They also have their own names for grapes such as Dolcetto, which the Ligurians call Ormeasco.
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Many Ligurians I knew in my two years there would salt the tomatoes and refrigerate them for a half hour before lunch — the ONLY time they ever saw a refrigerator.
Discovering an Intense, Crunchy Tomato - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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After all, this is just what the Ligurians are engaged in as the cloche* in the belfry strikes twelve -- only it isn't a moonlit midnight, it's midi, * and the villagers aren't singing about love, but lunch.
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But the fact proves to be that they were Iberians, and were driven from the river Sicanus in Iberia by the Ligurians.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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After all, this is just what the Ligurians are engaged in as the cloche* in the belfry strikes twelve--only it isn't a moonlit midnight, it's midi,* and the villagers aren't singing about love, but lunch.
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