Agrigento

[ ah-gree-jen-taw ]
/ ˌɑ griˈdʒɛn tɔ /

noun

a city in S Italy.

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Formerly Girgenti.
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Agrigento
/ (Italian aɡriˈdʒɛnto) /

noun

a town in Italy, in SW Sicily: site of six Greek temples. Pop: 54 619 (2001)Former name (until 1927): Girgenti (ɡɜːˈɡɛntɪ)
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