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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

Intel and the government had also initially considered sites in the Lombardy, Apulia and Sicily regions.

From Reuters ● Sep. 25, 2022

Almost the only monument of Samnite speech from the district is the famous Tabula Bantina from Bantia, a small city just inside the Peucetian part of Apulia, on the Lucanian border.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

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