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Risorgimento

Ri·sor·gi·men·to [ ree sàwrjə méntō ]


noun 
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Italian unification: the movement for, and period of, political unification in Italy beginning about 1750 and culminating in the occupation of Rome by Italian troops in 1870

[Late 19th century. < Italian, "resurgence"]
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