Alcamo

[ahl-kuh-moh, al-, ahl-kah-maw]

noun

1. a city in NW Sicily, Italy, near the site of the ancient Greek settlement of Segesta.

Example Sentences

Our last friend, Giuppy, joined us after we wrapped, and we all set off for the Alcamo coast in Sicily to stay in the country home of the New York-based artist Francesco Simeti and his sister, Natalia, children of the great author Mary Taylor Simeti, who writes about food, travel and ethnography.

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Our Alcamo routine was quite simple: We’d wake up fairly early, get ready and go down to the wilder, more secluded parts of the beach, among the rough sand and rock.

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Investigators are looking into the possibility the suspected attacker stayed in the Sicilian town of Alcamo for a 10 day period, the sources added.

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A friend believed to have hosted Issaoui in Alcamo in western Sicily for a couple of weeks told police that Issaoui found work in the area for some days picking olives, then abruptly departed, Italian newspaper La Republicca reported Saturday.

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Michael Alcamo said he was bicycling through the area this summer when he came upon Swastika.

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