Foggia

[ fawd-jah ]

/ ˈfɔd dʒɑ /

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noun

a city in SE Italy.

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Words nearby Foggia

fog fever, fog forest, foggage, fogged, fogger, Foggia, fog gun, foggy, Foggy Bottom, foghorn, fog lamp

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How to use Foggia in a sentence

This morning they made an attack on an Englishman going to visit your Lordship at Foggia, and carrying rich jewels.
The Weird of the Wentworths, Vol. 2|Johannes Scotus
At Foggia we have not even the amount of hill which we have at Benevento.
Studies of Travel: Italy|Edward A. Freeman
He was much patronized by the Emperor Frederic, for whom he built the palace at Foggia, and made a tomb.
The Cathedral Builders|Leader Scott
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

/ (Italian ˈfɔddʒa) /

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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