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  2. Swiss Italian - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Italian language in the Italian Switzerland or Swiss Italian ( Italian: italiano svizzero, Italian: [itaˈljano ˈzvittsero]) is the variety of the Italian language taught in the Italian-speaking area of Switzerland. While this variety is mainly spoken in the canton of Ticino and in the southern part of Grisons (about 270,000 native ...

  3. Italian Neoclassical and 19th-century art - Wikipedia

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    The Macchiaioli were a group of Italian painters from Tuscany, active in the second half of the 19th century, who, breaking with the antiquated conventions taught by the Italian academies of art, painted outdoors in order to capture natural light, shade, and colour. The Macchiaioli were forerunners of the Impressionists who, beginning in the ...

  4. The only Italian directors to win multiple awards are Federico Fellini and Vittorio De Sica. Fellini received four awards for La Strada, Nights of Cabiria, 8½, and Amarcord, the most in the history of the Academy, and had three other films submitted, although none of them were accepted as nominees. [7] De Sica received two Honorary Awards ...

  5. Gesticulation in Italian - Wikipedia

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    Gesticulation in Italian. Hand gestures are used in regions of Italy and in the Italian language as a form of nonverbal communication and expression. The gestures within the Italian lexicon are dominated by movements of the hands and fingers, but may also include movements of facial features such as eyebrows the mouth and the ch eeks. [1]

  6. List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

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    from the sign: Abbreviated as D.S., informs the performer to repeat a specific section marked by a sign (segno). Divisi: divided: Instructs one section to divide into two or more separate sections, each playing a separate part. Often these separate parts are written on the same staff. Oppure: from o ("or") + pure ("also")

  7. Government of the Italian Social Republic - Wikipedia

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    25 April 1945. People and organisations. Head of government. Benito Mussolini. Total no. of members. 17. Member party. Republican Fascist Party. The Government of the Italian Social Republic held office from 23 September 1943 until 25 April 1945, a total of 1 year, 274 days.

  8. Olivetti - Wikipedia

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    Olivetti S.p.A. Olivetti S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of computers, tablets, smartphones, printers and other such business products as calculators and fax machines. [4] Headquartered in Ivrea, in the Metropolitan City of Turin, the company has been part of the Telecom Italia Group since 2003. [5]

  9. Plus and minus signs - Wikipedia

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    The plus sign ( +) and the minus sign ( −) are mathematical symbols used to denote positive and negative functions, respectively. In addition, + represents the operation of addition, which results in a sum, while − represents subtraction, resulting in a difference. [1] Their use has been extended to many other meanings, more or less analogous.