Palermo

[puh-lur-moh, -lair-, pah-ler-maw]

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Sicily, in the NW part.

Palermo

/ paˈlɛrmo, -ˈlɜː-, pəˈlɛəməʊ /

noun

1. the capital of Sicily, on the NW coast: founded by the Phoenicians in the 8th century _bc Pop: 686 722 (2001)

Palermo

1. City in northwest Sicily on the Tyrrhenian Sea, an arm of the Mediterranean Sea; capital of Sicily.

Palermo's convenient location has made it an important port for trans-Mediterranean shipping for three thousand years. Settled by Phoenicia in the eighth century b.c., it has come under the influence of many civilizations, including the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire. It has also come under the control of the Arabs and the French. Palermo has long been a center for art and architecture.

Other Word Forms

• Palermitan adjective

Example Sentences

In the 1970s, when Bunker moved to Maine, he canvassed old-timers for the names of the apples growing near his Palermo homestead.

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We rented a car in Palermo and drove through the middle of it and in these small towns.

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Palermo also allegedly threw a large rock at one of the CHP vehicles.

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"This is something the fans appreciate a lot, as they liked his kiss on the shirt in the match against Palermo in September and the fact he is learning Italian and even Neapolitan."

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It comes as salvage ships arrived earlier this month to waters off the small port of Porticello, near Palermo, where the Bayesian vessel sank during freak weather last August.

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