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Apulia

American  
[uh-pyool-yuh] / əˈpyul yə /

noun

  1. a department in SE Italy. 7,442 sq. mi. (19,275 sq. km). Bari.


Apulia British  
/ əˈpjuːljə /

noun

  1. Italian name: Puglia.  a region of SE Italy, on the Adriatic. Capital: Bari. Pop: 4 023 957 (2003 est). Area: 19 223 sq km (7422 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Most recently, the bugs have been found to spread the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, a pathogen that has decimated olive groves in the Apulia region of Italy.

From Science Daily • Oct. 4, 2023

Mitul, who had previously played for Apulia Trani in Italy and La Solana in Spain, earned 40 caps for Moldova.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2023

Armani said cotton planting started last month over one hectare of land - to be expanded to five hectares - in the southern region of Apulia.

From Reuters • Jun. 5, 2023

De Nittis, whose work is surveyed in the Phillips Collection’s engaging and revelatory exhibition “An Italian Impressionist in Paris: Giuseppe De Nittis,” was born to a prosperous family in Apulia, in the south of Italy.

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2023

After the loss of the first battles, they were victorious; and they now added Apulia and Calabria to their conquests.

From The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 by Schlegel, Friedrich

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