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Il Devoto–Oli
Encyclopedia
Il Devoto–Oli. Vocabolario della lingua italiana is one of the most well-known monolingual dictionaries
of the Italian language
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The first edition is dated 1971 and it is published annually by the Le Monnier publishing house.
Dictionary
A dictionary is a collection of words in one or more specific languages, often listed alphabetically, with usage information, definitions, etymologies, phonetics, pronunciations, and other information; or a book of words in one language with their equivalents in another, also known as a lexicon...
of the Italian language
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
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The first edition is dated 1971 and it is published annually by the Le Monnier publishing house.