Pavia

[ pah-vee-ah ]

noun

1. a city in N Italy, S of Milan: Charles V captured Francis I here.

Pavia

/ ˈpɑːvɪə /

noun

1. a town in N Italy, in Lombardy: noted for its Roman and medieval remains, including the tomb of St Augustine. Pop: 71 214 (2001) Latin nameTicinum

Example Sentences

Bishop Ennodius of Pavia spoke of the “filth” that Theoderic “washed away from the greater part of Italy,” leaving Rome, as it emerged from “the ashes,” “living again.”

From Time

At Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital, where Pavia is director of hospital epidemiology, his team is 100 percent vaccinated, but not everyone else is.

From Washington Post

Pavia’s team continues to wear masks and eye protection, and takes the same precautions with patients.

From Washington Post

Pavia said he hasn’t had a real haircut in a year “and it shows.”

From Washington Post

Although Christopher's father was only a poor wool comber, he managed to send his son to school at Pavia (pah-vea).

From Project Gutenberg

Turner was acquainted with it: "Ryse groweth plentuously in watery myddowes between Myllane and Pavia."

From Project Gutenberg

He had been a prisoner at Pavia with the King, and his life had been spent in the camp and the court.

From Project Gutenberg

Pavia, thirty odd kilometres south of Milan, was ever a rival of the greater city of to-day.

From Project Gutenberg

Pavias Certosa, on the road from Milan to Pavia, is its chief architectural splendour.

From Project Gutenberg