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in Italy. ''Orso'' may refer to:

People

; Given name * Orso of Benevento (died 892), Prince of Benevento * Orso Ipato, Doge of Venice, 726–737 * Orso I Participazio (died 881), Doge of Venice * Orso II Participazio (died 932), Doge of Venice, 912–932 * Orso Maria Guerrini (born 1943), Italian actor *

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(1876–1937), Italian physicist and politician ; Surname * Anna Orso (1938–2012), Italian actress * Michel Orso (born 1936), French singer-songwriter * Mike D'Orso (born 1953), American journalist

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* Örsö, an island in the Stockholm archipelago, Sweden * Orso (band), a US-based band *Sant'Orso, name in

of the Collegiate church of Saint Ursus in Aosta, Italy

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