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Benevento

American  
[ben-uh-ven-toh, be-ne-ven-taw] / ˌbɛn əˈvɛn toʊ, ˌbɛ nɛˈvɛn tɔ /

noun

  1. a city in N Campania, in S Italy: monumental arch erected by Trajan.


Benevento British  
/ ˌbɛnəˈvɛntəʊ /

noun

  1. Ancient name: Beneventum.  a city in S Italy, in N Campania: at various times under Samnite, Roman, Lombard, Saracen, Norman, and papal rule. Pop: 61 791 (2001)

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Farioli took the Porto job in July having previously worked under De Zerbi at Italian clubs Benevento and Sassuolo before managerial roles of his own at Ajax and Nice.

From BBC

“Today a lot of desert species are nocturnal to escape the intense heat of the day,” says Gemma Benevento, a macroevolutionary paleobiologist at the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center in Germany, who was not a part of the study.

From Scientific American

“If we go back 250 million years, the lineage that gave rise to mammals was quite different anatomically and physiologically,” Benevento says.

From Scientific American

Poland defender Kamil Glik was back into action for Italian team Benevento just four days after his country was eliminated from last year’s World Cup, which was staged in November and December.

From Washington Times

De Zerbi joined Brighton from Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk following spells in charge of Italian clubs Palermo, Benevento and Sassuolo.

From BBC