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  • adjective Pertaining to Perugia.
  • proper noun Somebody from Perugia.

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Examples

  • Isolated and clinging to a slope that falls away from the road circling the hill town, the cottage commands spectacular views over the Perugian hills, but is easy to miss from the road above.

    Meredith Kercher murder: break-in and handprint clues at isolated cottage 2011

  • Isolated and clinging to a slope that falls away from the road circling the hill town, the cottage commands spectacular views over the Perugian hills, but is easy to miss from the road above.

    Amanda Knox appeal hearing - live updates 2011

  • The palace guards had already killed the Perugian mercenaries and were hacking off their heads to place on spikes as a warning to all who would threaten the peace in this civilized republic.

    The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010

  • Filing a suit first is a way for the Perugian police to deny that the abuse took place and to reassure Italians that Knox's statements were not forced.

    Guilty Until Proven Guilty 2009

  • Amanda Knox did not take an oath of truth on Friday morning before she sat before a Perugian jury deciding whether she murdered her former roommate Meredith Kercher.

    Moment Of Truth 2009

  • Shortly after her arrest, Knox admitted to being at the Perugian villa when Kercher was murdered.

    The Many Faces of Amanda 2008

  • It was the Piccolomini family, too, who employed the prolific Perugian-born artist Pinturicchio to paint the glorious decorative cycle that decorates their library in Siena Cathedral.

    Archive 2007-10-01 2007

  • They're staying in the city at the invitation of the city council, paid for by Perugian taxpayer dollars.

    CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2007 2007

  • Of course, Knox, the American student and the victim's roommate, her Italian boyfriend Sollecito, and the Perugian bar owner, Lumumba, from the Congo, all remain in jail, as chief suspects, but they have yet to be formally changed.

    CNN Transcript Nov 18, 2007 2007

  • It was the Piccolomini family, too, who employed the prolific Perugian-born artist Pinturicchio to paint the glorious decorative cycle that decorates their library in Siena Cathedral.

    Renaissance Siena 2007

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