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Foggia

American  
[fawd-jah] / ˈfɔd dʒɑ /

noun

  1. a city in SE Italy.


Foggia British  
/ ˈfɔddʒa /

noun

  1. 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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"There is no lack of protection, no legal gap to fill," is how law professor Valeria Torre of Foggia University puts it.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

A spokeswoman for the police's office in Foggia told Reuters that weather conditions were bad but added that the cause of the accident was still unknown.

From Reuters • Nov. 5, 2022

Determined to avoid German antiaircraft guns in their hobbled plane, the 19 men headed south, and eight hours later landed at an American air base in Foggia, Italy.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2021

The prosecutor’s office in Foggia has begun an investigation into what the governor of Puglia has called a “catastrophic error”.

From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2020

In winter he abode at Foggia, and in sum-129-mer in the mountains, for the delights of the chase.

From Villani's Chronicle Being Selections from the First Nine Books of the Croniche Fiorentine of Giovanni Villani by Villani, Giovanni