Foggia

[fawd-jah]

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noun

a city in SE Italy.

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"We are going to be transferred to-morrow to the prison at Foggia," she said.
Stories By English Authors: Italy
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At Foggia we have not even the amount of hill which we have at Benevento.
Studies of Travel: Italy
Edward A. Freeman
Another inscription records the fact that it was the work of Nicholas, the son of Bartolommeus of Foggia.
The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration
Various
One arch of his palace still remains, with an inscription telling us how under him Foggia became a royal and Imperial seat.
Studies of Travel: Italy
Edward A. Freeman
Of Foggia itself many perhaps have never heard except as a railway junction.
Studies of Travel: Italy
Edward A. Freeman

British Dictionary definitions for foggia

Foggia

noun

a city in SE Italy, in Apulia: seat of Emperor Frederick II; centre for Carbonari revolutionary societies in the revolts of 1820, 1848, and 1860. Pop: 155 203 (2001)

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Foggia

Examples from the Web for foggia

Historical Examples

"We are going to be transferred to-morrow to the prison at Foggia," she said.

At Foggia we have not even the amount of hill which we have at Benevento.

Another inscription records the fact that it was the work of Nicholas, the son of Bartolommeus of Foggia.

One arch of his palace still remains, with an inscription telling us how under him Foggia became a royal and Imperial seat.

Of Foggia itself many perhaps have never heard except as a railway junction.

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