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paesaggio

landscape

noun pah-eh-ZAHJ-joh Less Common

Also means

scenery

Usage Note

Paesaggio derives from paese (country/village) via French. It covers both the physical landscape and a painting depicting it (un paesaggio ad olio — an oil-painting landscape). Paesaggistica is landscape design/architecture. The plural is regular: paesaggi.

Examples

"Il paesaggio toscano è di rara bellezza."

Natural Translation

The Tuscan landscape is of rare beauty.

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