vallata

Verb

 * 1) to seize, occupy, subdue, take over, capture;  to take e.g. a city
 * 2) to claim, stake a claim for an unpopulated land area; to reclaim a swampland; a maritime area
 * 3)  to overcome, wrack
 * 4) to squat to occupy without permission
 * 1) to squat to occupy without permission

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) valley