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.

Taranto

/ təˈræntəʊ; 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 nameTarentum

Example Sentences

No, Mr. Taranto, what America wants to do is criminalize rape.

From The Daily Beast

Taranto's “comeuppance” idea rests on two odd assumptions/insinuations.

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But what is clear is that Taranto thinks that my $200 per month rate increase represents some much-deserved comeuppance.

From The Daily Beast

Back then, Taranto defended the post-truth methods of the late Andrew Breitbart's journalism.

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I'm a particular target of Taranto's name-calling, and not for the first time.

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

The Prince of Taranto, while speaking and acting like a cannibal, was following the inspiration of an atrocious policy.

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

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

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

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