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Suzerainty is a back-formation from the late 18th-century word suzerain, meaning upper-sovereign, derived from the French sus + -erain.

In Italy, a province (provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between a municipality (comune) and a region (regione).

“Frazione” is the Italian name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune.

The comune is a basic administrative division in Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality.

The regions of Italy (Italian: regioni) are the first-level administrative divisions of Italy. There are 20 regions, of which five

Tuff (from the Italian tufo) is a type of rock made of volcanic ash ejected from a vent during a