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Catania

American  
[kah-tah-nyah] / kɑˈtɑ njɑ /

noun

  1. a seaport in E Sicily.


Catania British  
/ kaˈtaːnja /

noun

  1. a port in E Sicily, near Mount Etna. Pop: 313 110 (2001)

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This on a list of new destinations including Luxembourg; Ibiza; Marseille, France; Terceira, Portugal; and Olbia and Catania in Italy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The new findings, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research -- Solid Earth, were developed in collaboration with Anna Rosa Corsaro of the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia in Catania.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026

At the time, Catania had just left a junior reporter position at The Times in the Ventura County bureau.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2024

Europe's most active volcano has erupted again, where lava can be seen spurting near Italy's city of Catania.

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2023

We’d won two team medals at the Fencing World Championships, both bronze, one in 2011 at Catania, Italy, and the other in 2012 in Kiev, Ukraine.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

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