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Bookmark or Share- Umbria | Italy, Map, History, & Facts | BritannicaUmbria, region, central Italy, including the provinces of Perugia and Terni. It lies roughly equidistant between Rome (south) and Florence (north). The modern region takes its name from the Umbria of Roman times.
- Umbria - WikipediaUmber is a natural brown or reddish-brown earth pigment that contains iron oxide and manganese oxide. [31] In the 20th century, natural umber pigments began to be replaced by pigments made with synthetic iron oxide and manganese oxide. Natural umber pigments are still being made, with Cyprus as a prominent source.
- Umbrian alphabet and language - OmniglotUmbrian is an extinct Italic language related to Latin that was spoken in Umbria in central Italy from about the 7th century to the 1st century BC. Umbrian was written with an alphabet derived from Etruscan in the earliest inscriptions, which date from the 7th century BC, and in the Latin alphabet in later inscriptions.
- Umbrian language | Umbrian language | Ancient, Italic, Indo ...Umbrian language, one of the ancient Italic languages closely related to Oscan and Volscian and more distantly related to Latin and Faliscan. Umbrian was spoken in central Italy, probably only in the area of the Tiber River valley in the last few centuries bc; it was displaced by Latin at an unknown date. Modern knowledge of the language is ...
- Umbria travel - Lonely Planet | Italy, EuropeItaly, Europe. Italy's green heart, Umbria is a land unto itself, the only Italian region that borders neither the sea nor another country. This isolation has kept outside influences at bay, ensuring that many of Italy's traditions survive today.
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