Taranto

[ tah-rahn-taw; English tahr-uhn-toh, tar-, tuh-ran-toh ]

noun
  1. Ancient Tarentum. a fortified seaport in SE Italy, on the Gulf of Taranto: founded by the Greeks in the 8th century b.c.; naval base.

  2. Gulf of, an arm of the Ionian Sea, in S Italy. 85 miles (137 km) long.

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How to use Taranto in a sentence

  • The Prince of Taranto discountenances the proposed crime, for the Queen's fair name would suffer.

    Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred Downer
  • The Prince of Taranto, while speaking and acting like a cannibal, was following the inspiration of an atrocious policy.

  • Taranto, Otranto and Bari are mere place names for which most do not even know where to look on the map.

  • One day's journey and a half to Taranto, the frontier town of Calabria, the inhabitants of which are Greeks.

  • Tarentum, , n., a flourishing Greek city on the southern coast of Italy; modern Taranto.

    Selections from Viri Romae | Charles Franois L'Homond

British Dictionary definitions for Taranto

Taranto

/ (təˈræntəʊ, Italian ˈtaːranto) /


noun
  1. a port in SE Italy, in Apulia on the Gulf of Taranto (an inlet of the Ionian Sea): the chief city of Magna Graecia; taken by the Romans in 272 bc . Pop: 202 033 (2001): Latin name: Tarentum

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