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Maggiore


Maggiore


Maggiore means "major" or "large" in Italian. It can refer to:

Locations and places

  • Lake Maggiore, located at northwestern Italy and southern Switzerland
  • Isola Maggiore, the second largest island on Lake Trasimeno, Umbria, Italy
  • Fontana Maggiore, a fountain in Perugia, Italy
  • Porta Maggiore Basilica, an underground basilica discovered in 1917 near Porta Maggiore in Rome, Italy
  • Porta Maggiore, Bologna (now Porta Mazzini), the main eastern portal of the former medieval walls of the city of Bologna, Italy
  • Portomaggiore, a town in Ferrara, Italy
  • Monte Maggiori or Učka, a mountain range in Croatia

People

  • Christine Maggiore (1956—2008), HIV-positive activist who promoted the view that HIV is not the cause of AIDS
  • Gianluca Maggiore (born 1985), Italian former racing cyclist
  • Giulio Maggiore (born 1998), Italian football player
  • Hervé Della Maggiore (born 1972), French former football midfielder

Other uses

  • Maggiore (grape), an Italian wine grape also known as Verdicchio
  • Major and minor
  • Major (rank)

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