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fano
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n. A non-singular complete algebraic variety whose anticanonical bundle is ample.
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Fano is a town and comune of the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy. It is a beach resort southeast of Pesaro, located where the Via Flaminia reaches the Adriatic Sea. It is the third city in the region by population after Ancona and Pesaro.
Fano is a parish of the municipality of Gijón / Xixón, in Asturias, Spain. In 2012, its population was 220. Located in the south-east of the municipality, Fano is a rural area which borders the municipality of Siero in the south, and with the district of Valdornón in the east.
Toponym comes from Latin Fanum, a kind of temples ancient romans built in pre-Roman cults sacred places. A Benedictine monastery existed in Fano from 12th to 17th centuries. Its front romanesque façade is nowadays part of the San Juan Evangelista de Fano church.
Fano may refer to:
- Fano, a town in central Italy
- Fanø, an island of Denmark
- Fano (Gijón), a district in Asturias, Spain
- Gino Fano, an Italian mathematician
- Robert Fano, Gino Fano's son and an Italian-American computer scientist
- Ugo Fano, an Italian-American physicist
- Fano variety, an algebraic variety
- Fano Guitars, an American guitar builder
Usage examples of "fano".
The duke learned the news of this decision, so much desired, when he arrived at Fano on the 20th of December 1502.
Ilona and the president followed them as fanos led Stoner to the rear of the lodge and down a flight of metal stairs to a concrete-walled basement Overhead fluorescents flickered on automatically, triggered by the heat of their bodies.
Behind him came Zoltan fanos, his antiquated business suit still buttoned tightly across his stocky torso, his round bearded face staring in awe at the huge bubbling vat that simmered and steamed almost within arm's reach of the catwalk.