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nouna city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
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- arno a river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea
- machiavelli a statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government (1469-1527)
- medici aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century
- florentine of or relating to or characteristic of the city of Florence, Italy
- florentine a native or resident of Florence, Italy
- tuscan a dialect of Italian spoken in Tuscany (especially Florence)
- arno river a river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea
- niccolo machiavelli a statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government (1469-1527)
- girolamo savonarola Italian religious and political reformer; a Dominican friar in Florence who preached against sin and corruption and gained a large following; he expelled the Medici from Florence but was later excommunicated and executed for criticizing the Pope (1452-1498)
- river arno a river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea