commune in NC Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region: pop. 138,000
See Ferrara in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(fə-rärˈə, fĕ-räˈrä)
A city of northern Italy southwest of Venice. In the early 13th century the Este family established a powerful principality here and made it a flourishing center of Renaissance learning and the arts. Population: 133,000.