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Campanella

British  
/ kampaˈnɛlla /

noun

  1. Tommaso. 1568–1639, Italian philosopher and Dominican friar. During his imprisonment by the Spaniards (1599–1626) he wrote his celebrated utopian fantasy, La città del sole .

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Life-long Little Italy resident, 83-year-old Mary Ann Campanella, called him an "excellent man".

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2024

In the last of the ninth, Yankee closer Joe Page gave up homers to Luis Olmo and Roy Campanella, but struck out pinch-hitter Bruce Edwards for New York’s second win.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2024

As the planning historian Thomas Campanella wrote in 2011, “The literature on grassroots planning tends to assume a citizenry of Gandhian humanists. In fact, most people are not motivated by altruism but by self-interest.”

From Slate • Sep. 16, 2024

The government also subpoenaed phone records which they used to determine a cellphone belonging to Campanella had been inside the Capitol building during the time of the incident.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2024

On the right wing Alpine troops, after a fierce combat, carried Grolla Caldiera Peak and Campanella Peak.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)