Ligurian may refer to:
* Ligurian, pertaining to modern
Liguria
Liguria (; ; , ) is a Regions of Italy, region of north-western Italy; its Capital city, capital is Genoa. Its territory is crossed by the Alps and the Apennine Mountains, Apennines Mountain chain, mountain range and is roughly coextensive with ...
in Italy
* Ligurian, pertaining to the ancient
Ligures
The Ligures or Ligurians were an ancient people after whom Liguria, a region of present-day Northern Italy, north-western Italy, is named. Because of the strong Celts, Celtic influences on their language and culture, they were also known in anti ...
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Ligurian language
Ligurian ( ; endonym: ) or Genoese ( ; endonym: or ) is a Gallo-Italic language spoken primarily in the territories of the former Republic of Genoa, now comprising the area of Liguria in Northern Italy, parts of the Mediterranean coastal zone o ...
, a modern Romance language spoken in parts of Italy, France, Monaco and Argentina
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Ligurian language (ancient)
The Ligurian language was an ancient tongue spoken by the Ligures, an indigenous people inhabiting regions of northwestern Italy and southeastern France during pre-Roman and Roman times. Because Ligurian is so sparsely attested, its classificat ...
, an extinct language spoken by the ancient Ligures
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Ligurian Sea
The Ligurian Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea. It lies between the Italian Riviera ( Liguria) and the island of Corsica. The sea is thought to have been named after the ancient Ligures people.
Geography
The sea borders Italy as far as ...
, an arm of the Mediterranean Sea
* Ligurian bee, a type of
Italian bee
The Italian bee or Italian Honey bee (''Apis mellifera ligustica'') is a subspecies of the western honey bee (''Apis mellifera'').
Origin
The Italian honey bee is endemic to the continental part of Italy, south of the Alps, and north of Sicily, ...
(''Apis mellifera ligustica'')
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