persona
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a human beingsynonyms: anima, elemento, essere umano, individuo, microcosmo, tipo, uomotype of:creatura, essere vivente, organismo viventea living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independentlycausaany entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
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a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entitysynonyms: corpo, gruppo, persona giuridicaexamples:Gibilterralocation of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Herculestypes:amministrazionethe persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering somethingcorrente, movimento, scuolaa body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teacherscoloniaa body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of governmentoccupazionea body of people doing the same kind of workispettoratoa body of inspectorsgiuriaa body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of lawpanela group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etcesecutivopersons who administer the lawtype of:
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a human body (usually including the clothing)
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a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third partytype of:categoria grammaticale(grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties
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