"web applications. The students wanted to create a mass collaboration project where a global movement could be made by combining a small effort from thousands of people and research what words mean to different people. The project made use of a viral marketing campaign and relied on other people, primarily bloggers, spreading the word throughout the internet. The project has been featured in newspapers and magazines in Northern Ireland and beyond. Once a word is purchased, that word is then 'redefined' on The Big Word Project, no longer having a traditional meaning but linking to a URL of the owners’"
"Little Italy Little Italy is a general name for an ethnic enclave populated primarily by Italians or people of Italian ancestry, usually in an urban neighborhood. The concept of ""Little Italy"" holds many different aspects of the Italian culture. There are shops selling Italian goods as well as Italian restaurants lining the streets. A ""Little Italy"" strives essentially to have a version of the country of Italy placed in the middle of a big non-Italian city. This sort of enclave is often the result of periods of immigration in the past, during which people of the same culture settled together"
"Pro Loco In Italy, Pro Loco (the term is both singular and plural) are grass-roots organizations that seek to promote some particular place, almost always a town and its immediate area; ""pro loco"" is a Latin phrase that may be roughly translated ""in favor of the place"". Usually the town is a full-fledged comune, but not always: frazioni and other small places with a high level of civic pride may have their own Pro Loco. Very often, the name of a Pro Loco is just ""Pro Loco N"", where N is the name of the town; not infrequently, though, one"
"in certain areas. As cities modernized and grew, these areas became known for their ethnic associations, and towns like ""Little Italy"" blossomed, becoming the icons they are today. Some Italian neighborhoods may have other names, but are colloquially referred to as ""Little Italy,"" including: Little Italy Little Italy is a general name for an ethnic enclave populated primarily by Italians or people of Italian ancestry, usually in an urban neighborhood. The concept of ""Little Italy"" holds many different aspects of the Italian culture. There are shops selling Italian goods as well as Italian restaurants lining the streets. A ""Little Italy"""
"Piccolo"" is based in Trieste and it is published by Finegil Editoriale SPA which has been a subsidiary of Gruppo Espresso since 1998. Local editions for the towns of Monfalcone and Gorizia and for the region of Istria (Croatia) are also printed. It has a progressive political stance. The circulation of ""Il Piccolo"" was 40,231 copies in 2008. The paper had a circulation of 31,302 copies in 2013. The Espresso Group reported that the circulation of the paper was 28,800 copies in 2014. Il Piccolo Il Piccolo is the main daily newspaper of Trieste, Italy. Its name derives from the"
"Cittacotte The cittacotte are miniature copies of historical or monumental buildings of Palermo and other Italian cities made only in terracotta. The word ""cittacotte"" was invented by Vincenzo Vizzari, and it is composed by the two terms: città () and cotte (), meaning they are miniatures made of fired clay. The monuments are reproduced in scale (1:180 and 1:350) and can vary in size from a minimum height of up to . The typology of monuments and buildings reproduced is varied: monumental city doors, churches, historical buildings, but also common buildings of the centre of the city. The preparatory phase"
"by an elderly woman expressing disapproval of one of his pranks"". For him, ""vitelloni"" were ""the unemployed of the middle class, mother's pets. They shine during the holiday season, and waiting for it takes up the rest of the year"". According to biographer Alpert, the term was Romagnol for ""veal, or calf... used to refer to callow youths"". Today, the term is widely translated as ""big calves"". The actual origin of the term has been defined as a cross between the Italian words for veal (""vitello"") and beef (""bovino"") implying ""an immature, lazy person without a clear identity or any"
"the ""small world"" of rural Italy after World War II. Most of the Don Camillo stories came out in the weekly magazine ""Candido"", founded by Guareschi with Giovanni Mosca. These ""Little World"" (Italian: ""Mondo piccolo"") stories amounted to 347 in total and were put together and published in eight books, only the first three of which were published when Guareschi was still alive. In the post-war years (after 1945), Don Camillo Tarocci (his full name, which he rarely uses) is the hotheaded priest of a small town in the Po valley in northern Italy. Don Camillo is a big man,"
"local monuments. Pro Loco In Italy, Pro Loco (the term is both singular and plural) are grass-roots organizations that seek to promote some particular place, almost always a town and its immediate area; ""pro loco"" is a Latin phrase that may be roughly translated ""in favor of the place"". Usually the town is a full-fledged comune, but not always: frazioni and other small places with a high level of civic pride may have their own Pro Loco. Very often, the name of a Pro Loco is just ""Pro Loco N"", where N is the name of the town; not infrequently,"
"duke of Parma, Ferdinando was known as ""il Duchino"", the little Duke, a reference to both his stature and his status as his father's heir. Although he was tall, he was slight built. His parents were both very good looking, but he was not. His hair was thick and dark and he had big prominent eyes. A large nose, a long neck and a receding chin completed his face. He had a trimmed, finely proportioned figure, of which he was very proud. He was a dandy who dress smartly and was very fastidious about his clothing. Ferdinando Carlo travelled a"
"as ""development towns"", particularly when the speaker wishes to emphasize their (often low) socio-economic status. Nonetheless, they are rarely (if ever) referred to simply as ""towns""; when referring to one directly, it will be either be called a ""development town"" or a ""city"", depending on context. Although Italian provides different words for city (""città""), town (""paese"") and village (""villaggio"", old-fashioned, or ""frazione"", most common), no legal definitions exist as to how settlements must be classified. Administratively, both towns and cities are ruled as comuni/comunes, while villages might be subdivisions of the former. Generally, in everyday's speech, a town is larger"
"SP40 provincial road. <br> San Miniato San Miniato is a town and ""comune"" in the province of Pisa, in the region of Tuscany, Italy. San Miniato sits at an historically strategic location atop three small hills where it dominates the lower Arno valley, between the valleys of Egola and Elsa rivers. It used to carry the additional sobriquet al Tedesco (""to the German"") to distinguish it from the convent of San Miniato al Monte in Florence, which is about to the northeast. In medieval times, San Miniato was on the via Francigena, which was the main connecting route between northern"
"Picciano Picciano is a village and ""comune"" in Italy in the Province of Pescara, within the Abruzzo region. Its population at the end of 2006 was 1,398. Picciano is first mentioned in 1049 when Bernardo Earl of Penne, with the ""Charta Offersionis"", gave fields and buildings to build a Benedictine abbey in its hills. This is the first indication of the existence of a town called ""Picciano"". and could be considered its ""terminus ante quem"". Many legends are known about the origin of the name ""Picciano"", the most believable talks about shepherds devoted to the Goddess Pithia; other variants of"
"province, called ""questore"" (quaestor). Provincial police In Italy, the polizia provinciale are the provincial-level police forces. Each Italian province can by statute have its own police force. ""Polizia provinciale"" are small police organisations whose main duties are to enforce regional and national hunting and fishing laws but have also expanded into environmental protection. They provide traffic police service and participate in the security services arranged by the authorities. The forces' vehicles are usually white with a green or blue stripe along the side. ""Polizia provinciale"" must be distinguished from ""questura"", the office of the head of the state's police (""polizia"
"name of a proposed ""macro-region"", based on the ideas of Miglio: the establishment an Italian federal republic, divided into three ""macro-regions"" (""Padania"", ""Etruria"" and the ""South"") and some autonomous regions. A new buzzword, devolution (often used in English), was also introduced, but with less success than ""federalism"". This evolution caused some criticism within party ranks and led to the formation of some minor breakaway groups. Moreover, the peculiarity of the LN among European regionalist parties is that its main goal has long been the transformation of Italy into a federal state instead of simply demanding special rights and autonomy for"
"San Miniato San Miniato is a town and ""comune"" in the province of Pisa, in the region of Tuscany, Italy. San Miniato sits at an historically strategic location atop three small hills where it dominates the lower Arno valley, between the valleys of Egola and Elsa rivers. It used to carry the additional sobriquet al Tedesco (""to the German"") to distinguish it from the convent of San Miniato al Monte in Florence, which is about to the northeast. In medieval times, San Miniato was on the via Francigena, which was the main connecting route between northern Europe and Rome. It"
"the second sentence is ambiguous because it may mean that Marco took either his own or Maria's point of view. Italian originally had three degrees of demonstrative adjectives: ""questo"" (for items near or related to the first person speaker: English ""this""), ""quello"" (for items near or related to an eventual third person: English ""that""), and ""codesto"" (for items near or related to an eventual second person). The usage has undergone a simplification, including the meaning of ""codesto"" in ""quello"", and only Tuscan speakers still use ""codesto"". Its use is very rare in modern language, and the word has acquired a"
"in Italy and abroad. Bel paese (phrase) Bel paese (or Belpaese, ) is the classical poetical appellative for Italy, meaning the ""beautiful country"" in Italian, due to its mild weather, cultural heritage and natural endowment. The usage of the term originated in the Middle Ages, being used by Dante and Petrarch: The term is currently widely used in modern Italian as in other languages as a synonym for Italy, but can sometimes be intended slightly ironically. It is commonly used as a term of endearment by members of the Italian diaspora, and it is often used to endorse or promote"
"Località A località, in Italy, is the name given to inhabited places that are not accorded a more significant distinction in administrative law such as a ""frazione"", ""comune"", ""municipio"", ""circoscrizione"", or ""quartiere"". The word is cognate to English ""locality"". The Italian National Institute of Statistics defines ""località abitata"" (inhabited locality) as an ""area of more or less size, normally known by its own name, on which are situated either grouped or scattered houses."" Three types of inhabited locality are distinguished: Most ""comuni"" have several ""località"", occasionally several dozens, while some have none. The subdivision is optional. In practice, most ""località"""
"are small habitations, hamlets, and occasionally a mere clump of houses. Località A località, in Italy, is the name given to inhabited places that are not accorded a more significant distinction in administrative law such as a ""frazione"", ""comune"", ""municipio"", ""circoscrizione"", or ""quartiere"". The word is cognate to English ""locality"". The Italian National Institute of Statistics defines ""località abitata"" (inhabited locality) as an ""area of more or less size, normally known by its own name, on which are situated either grouped or scattered houses."" Three types of inhabited locality are distinguished: Most ""comuni"" have several ""località"", occasionally several dozens, while"
"Ascoli Piceno Ascoli Piceno ( ; ) is a town and ""comune"" in the Marche region of Italy, capital of the province of the same name. Its population is around 49,500 but the urban area of the city has more than 100,000. The town lies at the confluence of the Tronto River and the small river Castellano and is surrounded on three sides by mountains. Two natural parks border the town, one on the northwestern flank (Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini) and the other on the southern (Parco Nazionale dei Monti della Laga). Ascoli has good rail connections to the"
"and technology, fashion, cuisine, sports, jurisprudence, banking and business both abroad and worldwide. Furthermore, Italian people are generally known for their localism (both regionalist and municipalist) . The Latin name ""Italia"" according to Strabo's ""Geographica"" was used by Greeks to indicate the southwestern tip of the Italian peninsula, corresponding roughly to the current region of Calabria, from the strait of Messina to the line connecting the gulf of Salerno and gulf of Taranto. It most likely originates with Oscan ""Víteliú"", meaning ""land of young cattle"" (""cf."" Latin ""vitulus"" ""calf"", Umbrian ""vitlo"" ""calf""). The bull was a symbol of the southern"
"Monaciello The Monaciello (, meaning ""little Monk"" in Neapolitan language) is a fairy of the tradition of Naples, Italy. He is usually depicted as a short thick kind of little man dressed in the long garments of a monk with a broad brimmed hat. The tradition of the ""Monaciello"" seems to pertain exclusively to that portion of Southern Italy consisting of Naples and its surroundings. According to the tradition, the precise place where it dwells does not appear to be accurately known; but it is reasonably supposed to be in some of those remains of Abbeys and Monasteries that crown"
"the increased government revenues under his administration. The term was widely used by politicians as they debated how this new money should be spent. In October 2007 he spoke to a parliamentary committee about the government's plan for tax relief (approx. €500/year) to people 20–30 years old still living with their family, saying it would help them move out on their own. He used the ironic or sarcastic term ""bamboccioni"" (big dummy boys, or big stuffed children) and this created a big fuss in Italian public opinion. Newspapers received numerous letters from readers personally taking offence and pointing out that"
"Bel paese (phrase) Bel paese (or Belpaese, ) is the classical poetical appellative for Italy, meaning the ""beautiful country"" in Italian, due to its mild weather, cultural heritage and natural endowment. The usage of the term originated in the Middle Ages, being used by Dante and Petrarch: The term is currently widely used in modern Italian as in other languages as a synonym for Italy, but can sometimes be intended slightly ironically. It is commonly used as a term of endearment by members of the Italian diaspora, and it is often used to endorse or promote goods and services both"
"secondary level of government. In Italy, """"in provincia"" generally means ""outside the biggest regional capitals"" (like Rome, Milan, Naples, etc.). The historic European provinces—built up of many small regions, called """"pays"" by the French and ""cantons"" by the Swiss, each with a local cultural identity and focused upon a market town—have been depicted by Fernand Braudel as the optimum-size political unit in pre-industrial Early Modern Europe. He asks, ""Was the province not its inhabitants' true 'fatherland'?"" Even centrally-organized France, an early nation-state, could collapse into autonomous provincial worlds under pressure, as during the sustained crisis of the French Wars of"
"causes the color of the sausage to become darker, and contributes an intense flavor. In this case, orange zest and fennel fronds or flowers are included in the spices. The word ""ciauscolo"" is related to the local dialectal word ""ciausculu"", although which one derives from the other remains unclear. A possible origin for ""ciauscolo"" is the Mediaeval Latin word ""cibusculum"", meaning ""small food"". Ciauscolo Ciauscolo (; sometimes also spelled ""ciavuscolo"" or ""ciabuscolo"") is a variety of Italian salame, typical of the Marche region (especially in the Province of Macerata), although it is also widely used in nearby Umbria (especially in"
"same, one in chief and one in base. An eagle displayed sable, crowned. Italy, there is a particularly high concentration of Minichiellos in the town of Grottominarda, Avellino. Minichiello (surname) Minichiello is an Italian surname of patronymic origin, being one of those surnames based on the first name of the father of the original bearer. In this case, the surname originates from the personal name Domenico, which in turn derives from the Latin ""Dominicus"". The latter is an adjective related to the term ""dominus"", which means ""master of the house"", and later was used to indicate God. Sunday in fact,"
"were joked about by the former Italian Minister of Economy and Finance Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, who called them ""bamboccioni"" (literally, big [i.e., grown-up] babies). This was considered offensive by some people, and newspapers pointed out that he knew little about the situation of a considerable part of the 20- to 30-year-old Italian population. In post-communist Central Europe, the phenomenon is more accepted, possibly due to socio-economic reasons and soaring housing prices. In English-speaking nations, the term ""basement dweller"" has similar connotations. A different concept of parasite single is found in Brazil, where some individuals are said to have a ""Paitrocínio"" (a"
"of the Consiglio dei Dugento, the advisory body to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. He was said to be tall and very thin with a long white beard, a little bald head and sunken eyes. He wore a fleece jacket and a large collar. Because of his appearance and his lonely and melancholy character he was nicknamed 'the Superintendent of Limbo' by the satirical poet Francesco Ruspoli. One of his brothers, Raffaello delle Colombe (1557–1627), was the Dominican Prior of Santa Maria Novella, who denounced Galileo from his pulpit. In October 1604, a new star was seen. By night, it"
"Pisano, Piedmont Pisano is a small town (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Novara. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 816 and an area of . Pisano borders the following municipalities: Armeno, Colazza, Meina, and Nebbiuno. The name Pisano comes from latin; the prefix Pis is from Pisius or Pisone, probable owners of a hill. The suffix -ano means that it was a place dedicated to farming. The logo contains a peach tree: the small town was, in fact, renowned for"
"Trionfo Trionfo () is an Italian word meaning ""triumph"", also ""triumphal procession"", and a car or float in such a procession. It may derive from a call of triumph during antique triumphal processions: ""Io triumpe"". The classical triumphal procession for victorious generals and Emperors known as the Roman Triumph was revived for ""Entries"" by rulers and similar occasions from the Early Renaissance in 14th and 15th-century Italy, and was a major type of festival, celebrated with great extravagance. Another specialized sense of the word was an elaborate sugar sculpture; these decorated tables on important occasions. The Italian sculptor Giuseppe Cassioli"
"as in Lombardy, it may simply be a notable street. In Veneto, particularly near the Alpine foothills, ""contrà"" indicates a smaller hamlet in a rural area (a group of houses usually smaller than a ""frazione""); a synonym is ""colmel"" (Ital. ""colmello""); in some municipalities, mostly populated ""contrae"" are administered as neighbourhoods (Ital. ""quartieri""; e.g. in Bassano del Grappa, historical ""contrae"" Campese, Sant'Eusebio, Valrovina, San Michele and Marchesane have each a neighbourhood council); in Noale, ""contrae"" are the seven subdivision that compete in the local Palio. In Mantua ""contrada"" indicates a street in the old town In Florence a ""contrada"" is"