Perugia

[ pe-roo-jah; English puh-roo-juh, -jee-uh ]

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noun

a city in central Umbria, in central Italy.
Lake of. Trasimeno.

Perugia

/ pəˈruːdʒə; peˈruːdʒa /

noun

a city in central Italy, in Umbria: centre of the Umbrian school of painting (15th century); university (1308); Etruscan and Roman remains. Pop: 149 125 (2001) Ancient namePerusia
Lake Perugia
another name for (Lake) Trasimene

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�ʱ�·��·�� [p, uh, -, roo, -j, uh, n, -jee-, uh, n], adjective noun

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Back in the fall of 2007, Knox was a 20-year-old student from Seattle, studying in Perugia and rooming with a young British woman named Meredith Kercher.

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Amanda Knox leaves a court hearing in Perugia on September 27, 2008.

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Knox has now spent almost half of her life living in the aftermath of what happened that night in Perugia, almost half her life with a harsh spotlight on her every move.

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Knox was a 20-year-old exchange student in the university town of Perugia when she and her then-Italian boyfriend were accused of murdering her housemate, 21-year-old Meredith Kercher, who was found dead in the apartment they shared on Nov. 2, 2007.

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Most notably, Paolo Rossi was banned for two years for his involvement while playing for Perugia.

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