Ligurian may refer to:
* Ligurian, pertaining to modern
Liguria
Liguria (; lij, Ligûria ; french: Ligurie) 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 ...
in Italy
* Ligurian, pertaining to the ancient
Ligures
The Ligures (singular Ligur; Italian: liguri; English: Ligurians) were an ancient people after whom Liguria, a region of present-day north-western Italy, is named.
Ancient Liguria corresponded more or less to the current Italian regio ...
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Ligurian language
Ligurian () or Genoese () (locally called 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 of Fran ...
, a modern Romance language spoken in parts of Italy, France, Monaco and Argentina
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Ligurian (ancient language)
The Ligurian language was spoken in pre-Roman times and into the Roman era by an ancient people of north-western Italy and current south-eastern France known as the Ligures.
Very little is known about ancient Ligurian; the lack of inscriptions a ...
, an extinct language spoken by the ancient Ligures
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Ligurian Sea
The Ligurian Sea ( it, Mar Ligure; french: Mer Ligurienne; lij, Mâ Ligure) 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 ...
, an arm of the Mediterranean Sea
* Ligurian bee, a type of
Italian bee
''Apis mellifera ligustica'' is the Italian bee which is a subspecies of the western honey bee (''Apis mellifera'').
Origin
The Italian honey bee is thought to originate from the continental part of Italy, south of the Alps, and north of Sicily ...
(''Apis mellifera ligustica'')
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