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Seaport city and associated province (postal/car number plate abbreviation LI) in
Italy
, on the coast of
Tuscany
. In medieval times a dependency of
Pisa
, with whom it retains an intense local rivalry; subsequently dominated by
Genoa
and then
Florence
. In the high renaissance the
Medici
s developed it as a major trading centre; under the Dukes of Tuscany it was a free port and flourished as such until the
unification of Italy
in 1860, during which time it gained its English name (now deprecated) of
Leghorn
. It was heavily bombed during World War II and is therefore not one of the first places tourists head for, unless they are arriving by
car sleeper
, for which it is a terminus, or by ferry from
Corsica
or
Sardinia
.
The Leghorn/Livorno naming thing reflects a local dialect phenomenon whereby
standard Italian
gutturals are rendered as Vs, e.g. "vello" for "quello". Would-be students of livornese dialect are strongly recommended to seek out the satirical magazine "
Il vernacoliere
" available at newsstands across Tuscany.
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Leghorn
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Italian toponymy
Arcipelago Toscano
Pisa
sleeper car
Jacques Ibert
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Rome
Tuscany
mahal
Tyrrhenian Sea
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