Agrigento

American  

[ah-gree-jen-taw] / ˌɑ griˈdʒɛn tɔ /

noun

1. a city in southern Italy.

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Agrigento British  

/ aɡriˈdʒɛnto /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Eventually, the prosecutor in the Sicilian city of Agrigento, Luigi Patronaggio, ordered the vessel to be preventatively seized after inspecting it and noting the "difficult situation on board".

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2024

"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

Livatino was beatified in a ceremony in a cathedral in Agrigento.

From Seattle Times • May 9, 2021