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Caltanissetta

American  
[kal-tuh-nuh-set-uh, kahl-tah-nees-set-tah] / ˌkæl tə nəˈsɛt ə, ˌkɑl tɑ nisˈsɛt tɑ /

noun

  1. a city in central Sicily: cathedral; Norman monastery.


Caltanissetta British  
/ kaltanisˈsɛtta /

noun

  1. a city in central Sicily: sulphur mines. Pop: 61 438 (2001)

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On the road from Caltanissetta to Palermo, Mamud Shamsu watches the cars speed by.

From The Guardian • Sep. 12, 2018

In Mussomeli, an ancient town near Caltanissetta in the middle of Sicily, orange waste products are used to make biogas which is turned into electricity.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2017

Ofner spent the year entirely on the Challenger Tour, playing in spots such as Poprad Tatry, Slovakia, and Ostrava, Czech Republic, and Caltanissetta, Italy.

From Washington Post • Jul. 6, 2017

Most of them would be taken to Sicily’s expulsion center, in Caltanissetta, and flown home.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 3, 2017

I had to go to Caltanissetta, which is on a line that branches off at S. Caterina Xirbi from the main line between Palermo and Catania. 

From Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions by Jones, Henry Festing