noun
capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
• Syn: ↑Rome, ↑Roma, ↑Italian capital, ↑capital of Italy
• Members of this Region:
↑Roman, ↑Romanic, ↑lustrum, ↑catacomb, ↑circus, ↑pantheon, ↑toga virilis, ↑Bacchus, ↑augur, ↑auspex, ↑centurion, ↑gladiator, ↑pontifex, ↑procurator, ↑sibyl, ↑tribune
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑national capital
• Part Holonyms: ↑Italy, ↑Italian Republic, ↑Italia
• Member Meronyms: ↑Roman
• Part Meronyms:
↑Colosseum, ↑Amphitheatrum Flavium, ↑Sistine Chapel, ↑Seven Hills of Rome, ↑Lateran, ↑Holy See, ↑The Holy See, ↑State of the Vatican City
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Eternal City,
Rome.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.