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Campobello

American  
[kam-puh-bel-oh] / ˌkæm pəˈbɛl oʊ /

noun

  1. an island in SE Canada, in New Brunswick province.


Campobello British  
/ ˌkæmpəˈbɛləʊ /

noun

  1. 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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Police say he spent much of 2022 hiding in Campobello di Mazara, a town of about 11,000, a short drive from his mother's house in western Sicily.

From Reuters Sep. 25, 2023

Police believe he spent much of the last year hiding in plain sight in Campobello di Mazara, a town of some 11,000 inhabitants, just a short drive from his mother's house.

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

Even as Mr. Messina Denaro was wanted, investigators say, he had been living a comfortable life in Campobello di Mazara, a western Sicilian town of 11,000 people near his native Castelvetrano.

From New York Times Jan. 19, 2023

As yet he could not speak of Campobello or of what had happened there; and his mother and sisters, whatever they thought, made no more allusion to it than his father had done.

From April Hopes by Howells, William Dean

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