Asti

American

[ah-stee, as-tee] / ˈɑ sti, ˈæs ti /

noun

a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.

Asti British

/ ˈæstɪ /

noun

a town in NW Italy: famous for its sparkling wine ( Asti spumante ( spuːˈmæntɪ )). Pop: 71 276 (2001)

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“Today we’d like to think that Asti, the land of your family roots, is the beginning of the world,” Prastaro said as the pope chuckled.

From Washington Times • Nov. 20, 2022

On Sunday, he is due to celebrate a public Mass in the provincial capital, Asti.

From Reuters • Nov. 19, 2022

Bolla, who was born in Asti, Italy, for a while lived a charmed life.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2019

An earlier marriage, to actress Adriana Asti, ended in divorce.

From Washington Post • Nov. 26, 2018

At Asti he was waited on by Albuquerque, the Milanese viceroy, and by ambassadors from different Italian provinces, eager to pay homage to the military representative of the Spanish monarch.

From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling

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