Campobello

American

[kam-puh-bel-oh] / ˌkæm pəˈbɛl oʊ /

noun

an island in SE Canada, in New Brunswick province.

Campobello British

/ ˌkæmpəˈbɛləʊ /

noun

an island in the Bay of Fundy, off the coast of SE Canada: part of New Brunswick province. Area: about 52 sq km (20 sq miles). Pop: 1195 (2001)

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Example Sentences

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The apartment, in the town of Campobello di Mazara, is in a modest building just a few kilometres away from the boss's home town of Castelvetrano.

From Reuters • Jan. 27, 2023

Bonafede has confirmed knowing Messina Denaro since their youth and has acknowledged buying the mobster a flat in Campobello di Mazara, prosecutors said.

From Reuters • Jan. 25, 2023

Police have searched at least three homes in the town of Campobello di Mazara, in western Sicily, near Trapani, which they say Messina Denaro had been using as hideouts over the last several months.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2023

Quiet, small Campobello is not the kind of place one could imagine hiding in very easily.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2023

The only place I knew in Canada was Campobello Island, a place where we camped one summer, and I gave that.

From A Yankee in the Trenches by Holmes, Robert Derby

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