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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Ciano, Conte Galeazzo
 
SYLLABICATION:Cia·no
PRONUNCIATION:  chän
DATES:1903–1944
Italian fascist politician. Married (1930) to the daughter of Benito Mussolini, he urged Italy to join the Axis powers in World War II but later favored a separate peace with the Allies. Among those who called for Mussolini's resignation, he was tried for treason and executed on Mussolini's orders.
 
 
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