università
English meaning: University (Italian university tradition)
Italian Definition
(Italiano)Istituzioni di istruzione superiore e ricerca.
English Definition
Institutions of higher education and research. Italy founded the world's first university — the University of Bologna (1088) — establishing the model of the university as an autonomous community of scholars. Padua (where Galileo taught), Pisa, Pavia, Siena, and Rome (La Sapienza — Europe's largest university) followed. Italian universities shaped the development of science, law, and medicine globally.
Example
“L'Università di Bologna, fondata nel 1088, è la madre di tutte le università del mondo.”
In English: “The University of Bologna, founded in 1088, is the mother of all universities in the world.”
Synonyms
- ateneo
- accademia
Literary Heritage
“Considerate la vostra semenza: fatti non foste a viver come bruti, ma per seguir virtute e canoscenza.”
“Consider your origins: you were not made to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.”
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Language information
- Language
- Italiano
- Italian
- Script
- Latin
- Family
- Romance
- Speakers
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