Pistoia
[pee-staw-yah] /piˈstɔ yɑ/
noun
1.
a city in N Tuscany, in N Italy.
/Italian pisˈtoːja/
noun
1.
a city in N Italy, in N Tuscany: scene of the defeat and death of Catiline in 62 bc Pop: 84 274 (2001)
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