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Trieste definition

Tri·este (trē est′; It trē es′te)

  1. seaport in NE Italy, on an inlet (Gulf of Trieste) of the Adriatic: pop. 228,000
  2. former region surrounding this city: created & administered by the United Nations (1947) and divided between Italy & Yugoslavia (1954)

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