of Italian arancia, meaning 'orange', in order to avoid the actual meaning of ranza in his own Piedmontese language, which is "scythe". The blue, red and orange flag existed in both horizontal and vertical tricolour versions, and it is used nowadays on some occasions by the region Piedmont. See also Piedmontese Republic Subalpine Republic Republic of Alba (1944) References Republic Former republics Client states of the Napoleonic Wars History of Piedmont 1796 establishments in Italy 1796 disestablishments in Italy States and territories established in 1796 States and territories disestablished in 1796