Foggia

[fawd-jah]

noun

a city in SE Italy.

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Historical Examples of foggia

"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
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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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