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Apulia

American  
[uh-pyool-yuh] / əˈpjul jə /

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)

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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

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

The president of Apulia, who was attending a rally in Rome to ask for peace in Ukraine, said in a post on Facebook that he had left the event to go to Foggia.

From Reuters Nov. 5, 2022

In the north chancel aisle are the tombs of Roger, Duke of Apulia, and Henry, Prince of Capua, two sons of William the Bad.

From Cathedral Cities of Italy by Collins, William Wiehe

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