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Superba ('the Superb One'), la Dominante ('The Dominant One'), la Dominante dei mari ('the Dominant of the Seas'), and la Repubblica dei magnifici ('the Republic of the Magnificents'). From the 11th century to 1528, it was officially known as the Compagna Communis Ianuensis and from 1580 as the Serenìscima Repùbrica de Zêna ('Most Serene Republic of Genoa'). From 1339 until the state's extinction in 1797, the ruler of the republic was the doge,

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