Agrigento
Americannoun
noun
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"In the nearby provinces of Palermo and Agrigento, five out of 10 of the arrested become turncoats," he told Reuters speaking from his home in Marsala, on the western tip of Sicily.
From Reuters • Jan. 25, 2023
But cavalry and foot soldiers from two neighboring Greek Sicilian city-states, Syracuse and Agrigento, came to Himera’s aid, and Hamilcar’s troops were routed and his ships set ablaze.
From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2022
Greek forces from Himera and the neighboring colonies of Agrigento and Syracuse battled their great rivals, the Carthaginians, who hailed from the African coast of the Mediterranean.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 2, 2022
In a 2014 Facebook post Calogero Pisano, a party co-ordinator in Agrigento in Sicily, compared leader Giorgia Meloni to "a great statesman of 70 years ago".
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2022
Livatino was beatified in a ceremony in a cathedral in Agrigento.
From Seattle Times • May 9, 2021
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