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CALVINO
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• CALVINO (noun)
The noun CALVINO has 1 sense:
1. Italian writer of novels and short stories (born in Cuba) (1923-1987)
Familiarity information: CALVINO used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Italian writer of novels and short stories (born in Cuba) (1923-1987)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Calvino; Italo Calvino
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
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