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Tarentum

American  
[tuh-ren-tuhm] / təˈrɛn təm /

noun

  1. ancient name of Taranto.


Tarentum British  
/ təˈrɛntəm /

noun

  1. the Latin name of Taranto

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Born April 22, 1928, in New York City as Estelle Nussbaum, Ms. Harris grew up in the city and later in the Pittsburgh suburb of Tarentum, Pa., where her father owned a candy store.

From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2022

“It’s something that women I have known through my life have needed for different reasons,” said Dunn, of Tarentum, Pennsylvania.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2022

Filo’s photography, including the famous image, won a Pulitzer Prize for the Valley Daily News and Daily Dispatch of Tarentum and New Kensington, Pa.

From Washington Post • May 1, 2020

Police in Tarentum, another nearby community, say Williams is a person of interest in some robberies there, too.

From Washington Times • Feb. 26, 2016

The sight was sufficiently imposing to cause him to retreat; and he went into winter quarters at Tarentum, where he spent his own time, and the money he had taken from the enemy.

From The Comic History of Rome by Becket, Gilbert Abbott ?