Umberto eco
noun
1.
Umberto, born 1932, Italian novelist and philosopher.
noun
1.
short for ecology
(as modifier): an eco group
noun
1.
Umberto. born 1932, Italian semiologist and writer. His novels include The Name of the Rose (1981) and Foucault’s Pendulum (1988)
eco
ECO
Economic Cooperation Organization
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