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What is Italian silk?

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Cotone is the Italian equivalent of 'cotton'. It's a masculine gender noun in the singular form. It's pronounced koh-TOH-nay.*

*The sound 'ay' is similar to the sound of 'ay' in the English noun 'ray'.

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In XIII century Venetian merchants encouraged silk growers to settle in Italy.

Province of Como was a source of the most valuable silk in the world. The wealth of Florence and Lucca was largely built on textiles (wool and silk).

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