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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(historical) The land controlled by a medieval Italian city-state lying outside the city itself; the hinterland; the countryside under the control of a city..
Milan was the most aggressive and successful of the mainland states. It was also one of the richest, its prosperity extended into its contado by canals and irrigation […].
The population of the contado at the time may be tentatively estimated on the basis of Giovanni Villani's information that, in 1338, it contained 80,000 men fit to bear arms, more than three times the number in Florence city (25,000).
Use contado when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Contado means (historical) The land controlled by a medieval Italian city-state lying outside the city itself; the hinterland; the countryside under the control of a city..
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Milan was the most aggressive and successful of the mainland states. It was also one of the richest, its prosperity extended into its contado by canals and irrigation […].
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