Taranto
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.
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
No, Mr. Taranto, what America wants to do is criminalize rape.
Taranto's “comeuppance” idea rests on two odd assumptions/insinuations.
But what is clear is that Taranto thinks that my $200 per month rate increase represents some much-deserved comeuppance.
Back then, Taranto defended the post-truth methods of the late Andrew Breitbart's journalism.
I'm a particular target of Taranto's name-calling, and not for the first time.
The Prince of Taranto discountenances the proposed crime, for the Queen's fair name would suffer.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred DownerThe Prince of Taranto, while speaking and acting like a cannibal, was following the inspiration of an atrocious policy.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne SueTaranto, Otranto and Bari are mere place names for which most do not even know where to look on the map.
Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car | Francis MiltounOne day's journey and a half to Taranto, the frontier town of Calabria, the inhabitants of which are Greeks.
Early Travels in Palestine | Arculf et al.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
/ (təˈræntəʊ, Italian ˈtaːranto) /
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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