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  • The word quarantine, by the way, comes from quaranta, the Italian word for forty, since it was the wealthy Venetians trading with far-off lands who put sick arrivals into segregated areas for forty days, the suspected length of time for smallpox to make itself manifest.

    ETravelBlackboard.com 2009

  • It’s from this practice that the medical term quarantine comes, which is derived from the Italian word quaranta—forty.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • It’s from this practice that the medical term quarantine comes, which is derived from the Italian word quaranta—forty.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • It’s from this practice that the medical term quarantine comes, which is derived from the Italian word quaranta—forty.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • It’s from this practice that the medical term quarantine comes, which is derived from the Italian word quaranta—forty.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • He asked the Americans for trenta o quaranta euro (thirty or forty euros), their choice.

    Christina Ritch: Health Care Under the Tuscan Sun 2009

  • Maggi-Maupin-Losi, di quaranta fogli, riprodotta da uno dei tre esemplari completi, fin adesso conosciuti "(in the press); (4)" Roma al tempo di Paolo V (1605-1621).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

  • Secondo le sue valutazioni nessuna delle due stazioni in onde medie autorizzate e solo dieci delle quaranta in FM sarebbero attive in questo momento.

    Radiopassioni Andrea Lawendel 2010

  • Secondo le sue valutazioni nessuna delle due stazioni in onde medie autorizzate e solo dieci delle quaranta in FM sarebbero attive in questo momento.

    Radiopassioni Andrea Lawendel 2010

  • Not playing, not on bench (ala quaranta, Khumalo):

    Soccer Blogs - latest posts 2008

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