What is "andria"

Andria is a city and comune in Apulia (southern Italy). It is an agricultural and service center, producing wine, olives and almonds. It is the fourth-largest municipality in the Apulia region (behind Bari, Taranto, and Foggia) and the largest municipality of the new Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, effective as of June 2009.

Andria is an Italian city in the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani.

Andria may also refer to:

• Andria (comedy) or The Girl from Andros, a Roman comedy by Terence
• Andria (Machiavelli), a play by Niccolò Machiavelli, translated from Terence's

• Alfonso Andria, (born 1952), an Italian politician
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Andria, a Roman Catholic diocese
• "Andria", a song by La Dispute from their 2008 album Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair

Andria is the first play written by Niccolò Machiavelli, published in the period 1517-1520. It is a translation of a play written by the Latin comedy writer Terence, who had originally taken it from the Greek dramatist Menandro. It is one of the examples of Machiavelli as a comedy writer, along with The Mandrake and the Clizia. The play has been considered by some scholars semi-autobiographical.