Apulia
noun
a department in SE Italy. 7,442 sq. mi. (19,275 sq. km). Bari.
Apulian
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a word derived from
Apulia.
Example Sentences
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Bragg’s office said they included an Apulian krater, or vase, dating from 335 B.C. that was seized in July from a private collection in New York.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
The Apulian civilization, which arose in southern Italy along the Adriatic Sea from the 9th to the 3rd century B.C., was influenced by nearby Greek colonies.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2021
He connected the town to the Apulian aqueduct, providing the Sassi with running water, but the Fascists were stymied by the prospect of overhauling the caves.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 20, 2015
After working unhappily at Cooke’s own newspaper, the Observer, for a few years, Gray met “a wild-haired Flemish sculptor” and eventually settled with him in the ruins of an Apulian sheep farm.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2014
At the best period of the art, the paste is of a warm orange red; but Lucanian and Apulian vases are of a paler tone.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines
