Pescara

American  

[pes-kah-rah] / pɛsˈkɑ rɑ /

noun

1. a city in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.

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Pescara British  

/ pesˈkaːra /

noun

1. a city and resort in E central Italy, on the Adriatic. Pop: 116 286 (2001)

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Example Sentences

Firefighters in Pescara, Abruzzo say they have already received more than 200 calls for help after heavy rainfall triggered flooding.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2024

Ninety of those matches were in Italy’s top-flight Serie A with Palermo, Pescara and Parma.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2022

The race has its second rest day on Monday before a 196-kilometer stage from Pescara to Jesi that is mainly flat in the first half before three fourth-category climbs later in the day.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2022

In Pescara, which sits on the Adriatic Sea on Italy’s eastern coast, Mr. Biancardi, and his wife, Alessandra Lotti, 39, have become intimately familiar with the right to be forgotten, which they call diritto all’oblio.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2019

But far more eminent as a poet was the noble and accomplished Marchesa of Pescara, Vittoria Colonna, who, on account of her talents and virtues, was named La Divina.

From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine