| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Risorgimento |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Ri·sor·gi·men·to |
| PRONUNCIATION: | r -sôr j -m n t , r -zôr j - |
| NOUN: | The period of or the movement for the liberation and political unification of Italy, beginning about 1750 and lasting until 1870. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Italian, from risorgere, to rise again, from Latin resurgere. See resurge.
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