Gela

[ jey-luh; Italian je-lah ]

/ ˈdʒeɪ lə; Italian ˈdʒɛ lɑ /

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noun

a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.

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How to use Gela in a sentence

There is a curious story related as to his death, which took place at Gela in 456 B.C.
Prometheus Bound and Seven Against Thebes|Aeschylus
The Gela is at times a very violent stream, as the following description of Ovid bears witness.
The River-Names of Europe|Robert Ferguson
At Gela, in Sicily, there are 233 'potted' burials in an excavated graveyard, out of a total of 570.
Outspoken Essays|William Ralph Inge
Small contingents also arrived, in answer to the call of Gylippus, from Gela and Selinus.
Stories from Thucydides|H. L. Havell

He is to be distinguished from an older Apollodorus of Gela (342-290), also a writer of comedy, a contemporary of Menander.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3|Various