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==Trivia==
*Several street names are referenced to make Monte Vista "Italian" -themed.
**''Desdamona'' Drive - [[Wikipedia:Desdemona (Othello)|Desdamona]] (in a play [[Wikipedia:Othello|Othello]]) is the name of a character who is Venetian, a person who lives in Venice, '''Italy'''.
**''Verona'' Way and Via ''Verona''ville - [[Wikipedia:Verona|Verona]] is a city in the Veneto region at northern '''Italy'''. Verona is famous for the play ''[[Wikipedia:Romeo and Juliet|Romeo and Juliet]]'' and in ''[[The Sims 2]]'', for [[Veronaville]].
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**''Bella'' Vista Drive - [[Wikipedia:Bella|Bella]] is "beautiful" in '''Italian'''. It may be referenced to [[Bella Goth]] as well, and "Bellavista" is also the Italian name for [[Pleasantview]].
**''Stella'' Street - [[Wikipedia:Stella|Stella]] is "star" in '''Italian'''.
**''Regalia'' Court - [[Wikipedia:Regalia|Regalia]] means the privileges (e.g. executive power) and the insignia characteristic(e.g. ofcrowns aand sovereignother insymbols Latin.of '''Italy'''office) wascharacteristic underof thea [[Wikipedia:Romansovereign, Empire|Romanor Empire]]ruler, ain sovereignLatin.
*A few street names are used from ''[[Veronaville]]''.
**Avon Avenue
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**Stratford Street
**Via Veronaville
*"Monte Vista" soundsis likea partial phonetic anagram of "Mona Lisa", a famous painting made by an Italian artist called Leonardo Da Vinci;. The phrase ititself roughly translates to '"Mountain View'".
*Monte Vista is themed after a typical Italian hilltop town, and resembles Volterra and Monteriggioni to an extent.
 
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