Pozzuoli

[ pot-swoh-lee; Italian pawt-tswaw-lee ]

noun
  1. a seaport in SW Italy, near Naples: Roman ruins.

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Pozzuoli

/ (Italian potˈtswɔːli) /


noun
  1. a port in SW Italy, in Campania on the Gulf of Pozzuoli (an inlet of the Bay of Naples): in a region of great volcanic activity; founded in the 6th century bc by the Greeks. Pop: 78 754 (2001)

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