Look up: cento

1. CENTO
   acronym: Central Treaty Organization
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2. Cento
   A patchwork poem composed of quotations from other authors. A famous example is Cento Nuptialus by Decimus  Magnus Ausonius.
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3. cento
   Literary work consisting of passages from other writings. Composition of centos was a popular literary exercise in Roman times; in particular, Virgil's Aeneid formed the basis of several centos,...
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4. CENTO
   Abbreviation for Central Treaty Organization. ...
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5. Cento
   Cen'to noun ; plural Centos . [ Latin cento a garment of several pieces sewed together, patchwork, a poem made up of various verses of another poem.] A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/44
   
   
6. Cento
   • (n.) A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.
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7. Cento
   town, Emilia-Romagna regione, north-central Italy, on the Reno River, 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Bologna. A chapel was built in the church of ...
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8. Cento
   A cento is a poem formed out of verses taken from one or more poets, so arranged as to form a distinct poem. CENTO (Central Treaty Organisation) was a defensive union of the 1950s to 1970s comprising the member states of the USA, UK, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and Turkey with the aim of meeting a Communis...
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9. Cento
   `Cento` is a city and comune in the province of Ferrara, part of the region Emilia-Romagna (northern Italy). In Italian "cento" means 100. History: The name Cento is a reference to the centuriation of the Po Valley. Cento`s growth from its origin as a little fishing village in the m...
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10. Cento
    (poetry) A `cento` is a poetical work wholly composed of verses or passages taken from other authors; only disposed in a new form or order. Centos have been composed out of works by Homer, "Euripides, Vergil, Ovid, Cicero, Petrarch, Shakespeare, Goethe, and Emily Dickinson". ...
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