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- proper noun Province of
Friuli-Venezia Giulia ,Italy . - proper noun Town and capital of Gorizia.
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Examples
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Italy, after the fall of Gorizia, is on the march for Trieste.
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The surroundings of Gorizia, which is the key to the Isonzo district and the junction of five main roads and four main railway lines, are protected with all manner of fortifications.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Various
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I took a bus that took me to the central train station from where I bought a ticket to Gorizia, which is one the last towns at Italian border, my final destination.
Bloggers.Pakistan 2008
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But some others, such as Gorizia, a midsize city along the border with Slovenia, are a much harder read.
Stars and Stripes 2009
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The result was a breakaway by 31 men that went clear on flat, windswept roads and gained two minutes by Gorizia, where they faced six laps of a hilly finishing circuit.
Inside Cycling with John Wilcockson: Courses with panache modify the radio debate 2011
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Archduke Eugene, held the strategic bridgeheads of Gorizia and Tolmino, and never allowed the Italians to advance more than a few miles. 21
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This dessert, a faux-rose in homage to the local "Rose of Gorizia" raddicchio, is constructed entirely from apple, but tastes as if part complex pastry.
Barry Yourgrau: With the World's Best Young Chefs -- "Cooking It Raw" in Pasolini Country 2010
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Oh Rose (of Gorizia, a kind of raddichio; Gorizia is the major Collio town)
Barry Yourgrau: With the World's Best Young Chefs -- "Cooking It Raw" in Pasolini Country 2010
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Her brave outcry resulted in her arrest and that of her husband; they were held for three weeks in a prison in Gorizia.
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Italy imports natural gas from Russia at two entry points: via the Trans-Austrian Gas Pipeline (TAG) at Tarvisio, and via Slovenia at Gorizia.
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