paese
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Etymology edit
From Late Latin pāgēnsis (“inhabitant of a district”), from Latin pāgus (“village; district”). Compare Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish país; French pays; Venetian pajès; Friulian paîs; Istriot and Piedmontese pais; Sicilian pajisi.
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Noun edit
paese m (plural paesi)
- country (nation)
- Synonym: Paese
- village
- Synonyms: borgo, centro abitato
- town
- Synonym: città
- (obsolete) landscape
- Synonym: paesaggio
- 1452–1519, Leonardo da Vinci, chapter 2, in Trattato della pittura, 58 — Precetti del pittore:
- E questo tal pittore fece tristissimi paesi.
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Usage notes edit
- Sometimes capitalized as Paese when used in the sense “country”.
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