MARCHE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Marche mean? 

• MARCHE (noun)
  The noun MARCHE has 1 sense:

1. a region in central Italy

  Familiarity information: MARCHE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARCHE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A region in central Italy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Marche; Marches

Instance hypernyms:

Italian region (Italy is divided into 20 regions for administrative purposes)

Holonyms ("Marche" is a part of...):

Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)

 Context examples 

A team led by neuroscientist Michele Bellesi from the Marche Polytechnic University in Italy examined the mammalian brain's response to poor sleeping habits, and found a bizarre similarity between the well-rested and sleepless mice.

(Lack of Sleep Makes Brain to Literally Eat Itself, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)