pisa in English

noun
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a city in northern Italy, in Tuscany, on the Arno River; population 87,398 (2008). It is noted for the Leaning Tower of Pisa , a circular bell tower that leans about 17 feet (5 m) from the perpendicular in its height of 181 feet (55 m).

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1. Are you sure Pisa takes precedence right now?

2. (Laughter) But PISA has shown what's possible in education.

3. Università di Pisa.6 years old Chianina bull from Cecina - Italy

4. He was elected to represent Pisa in both the parliamentary elections of 1919 and 1921.

5. Yesterday the results of the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) was released.

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7. In 1866, he was appointed to the University of Pisa, where he taught algebra and geodesy.

8. Concave spectacles were invented around 1286 by an unknown Italian artisan, probably working in or near Pisa.

9. H MCK, Prosopogmphie des hAruspices romains aruspicinales den­ (Biblioteca di <<Stu di Etruschi», 42) , Pisa-Roma 2006

10. The Baptistery of Pisa, designed by Dioti Salvi in 1153, is circular, 129 feet in diameter, with encircling aisle in two stories

11. The Baptistery of Pisa, designed by Dioti Salvi in 1153, is circular, 129 feet in diameter, with encircling aisle in two stories

12. We serve both business and holiday travellers, hotels and affiliate partners from our offices in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Paris, Pisa and Loulé.

13. Charles VIII moved it back from 1497–1515, but it was moved to Pisa again when the Medici family returned to power.

14. The Baptistery of Pisa, designed by Dioti Salvi in 1153, is circular, 129 feet in diameter, with encircling aisle in two stories

15. In 1060 Pisa engaged in its first battle against Genoa and the Pisan victory helped to consolidate its position in the Mediterranean.

16. This historic city holds a lot of charm, long Archwayed walks, fresh local markets, a massive leaning tower (not Pisa) and great food

17. Belfry: 1 n a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building Synonyms: campanile Examples: Leaning Tower of Pisa a tall round marble campanile in Pisa that is not perpendicular; construction was begun in 1174 Type of: bell tower a tower that supports or shelters a bell n a room (often at the top of a tower) where bells are hung Type

18. The Roman Catholic Church today only considers the Roman line of Popes to be genuine popes, and considers the lines of Avignon and Pisa to be Antipopes instead

19. 26 A full week would be better, allowing decent stopovers in Marseille, Nice, La Spezia (for an offshoot railway jaunt to the Cinque Terre coastal villages) and Pisa.

20. The system was little known in Europe before the distinguished mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci (also known as Leonardo of Pisa) introduced it in 1202 in Liber abaci (Book of the Abacus).

21. On to Pisa to view the famous Piazza dei Miracoli with its Baptistery, the Duomo, the Monumental Cemetery and its famous Leaning Tower, among the most instantly recognizable structures on earth

22. Through the global Competence framework, PISA aims to assess how well schools enable young people to see the world from different perspectives, engage with different ways of thinking and appreciate different cultures.

23. Indeed, the person we call Fibonacci was actually named Leonardo of Pisa, and these numbers appear in his book "Liber Abaci," which taught the Western world the methods of arithmetic that we use today.

24. atilt, Canted, leaning, tilted, tipped (adj) departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted" Webster Dictionary (1.00 / …

25. Some of the most widely circulating books, such as the Liber Abaci by Leonardo Fibonacci of Pisa, included applications of mathematics and arithmetic to business practice or were business manuals based on sophisticated numeracy.

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27. Canted adj 1: departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted" [syn: atilt, Canted, leaning, tilted, tipped]atilt, Canted…

28. He received his doctorate in 1961 in Leiden from Willem Titus van Est (1921-2002) and Jacob Murre with thesis Reducible and Multiple Algebraic Curves, but had previously studied under Jean-Pierre Serre in Paris and Aldo Andreotti in Pisa.

29. Galileo also noted that a pendulum 's swings always take the same amount of time, independently of the amplitude . The story goes that he came to this conclusion by watching the swings of the bronze chandelier in the cathedral of Pisa, using his pulse to time it.

30. The mountains and hills that surrounded Talisay were lush with numerous varieties of trees and plants, and Sastron named some of them: banaba, balayong, molave, Anobing, malabunga, valor, himamaus, dulitan, antipolo, calumpang, abilo, malaruhat, talisay-gubat, banay-banay, taluto, baliti, bungculan, lamis, catmon, latang-gubat, alpay, malatipay, sahing, pisa, pagsahingin and the naghubo, …

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