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  • proper noun The northwestern of the six sestieri of Venice; includes the main port and the modern part of the city

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Examples

  • We have a small lake nearby called Santa Croce where I like to go kite surfing.

    Alessandro Benetton Revels in Outdoor Sports Javier Espinoza 2011

  • The ancient Olympus, how called Santa Croce, rises in the centre of the island, and two principal ranges of mountains runs in the direction of its length, keeping closer to the north than to the south coast.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • The Y.M.C.A. officer and I were going off to see the great church of Santa Croce, which is the Italian Westminster Abbey, many great Italians having been buried there.

    The Great War As I Saw It Frederick George Scott 1902

  • He defended the expropriation of a convent called Santa Croce to meet the need of a hospital for the military cholera patients.

    Cavour Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn 1898

  • Benedetti, of the Nunnery called Santa Croce: all acknowledged, that they had been seduced at confession, and that they had habitually maintained criminal intercourse with a Priest called Pacchiani, who absolved his guilty companions after the commission of their crimes.

    Awful Disclosures Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never before Published Maria Monk 1832

  • According to the phone book, 17 Paladinos still live in Santa Croce, which is perched between the Adriatic Sea and the Matese mountains.

    NYT > Home Page By GAIA PIANIGIANI 2010

  • The ancient Olympus, how called Santa Croce, rises in the centre of the island, and two principal ranges of mountains runs in the direction of its length, keeping closer to the north than to the south coast.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe Richard Hakluyt 1584

  • Santa Croce which is located here, and which is the Italian Pantheon or

    Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands Maturin Murray Ballou 1857

  • Florence is one of the world's loveliest cities, its center crammed with greatest hits from the Renaissance, from Michelangelo's David to Giotto's elegant frescoes in the church of Santa Croce.

    Only In…Florence Jackie Cooperman 2011

  • The affliction takes its name from the 19th-century French writer, who was overcome after visiting Florence's Basilica di Santa Croce.

    Art Attack 2010

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