ventennio

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From venti (twenty) +‎ -ennio (-year period).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /venˈtɛn.njo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnnjo
  • Hyphenation: ven‧tèn‧nio

Noun

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ventennio m (plural ventenni)

  1. a period of twenty years
    nell'ultimo ventennio del secolo scorsoin the last twenty years of the last century
  2. (historical, with definite article) the twenty years of Fascist rule in Italy (1922-1943)
    la lingua del ventenniothe language of Fascism

Synonyms

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Further reading

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  • ventennio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana