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La Spezia

American  
[lah spe-tsyah] / lɑ ˈspɛ tsjɑ /

noun

  1. a seaport in NW Italy, on the Ligurian Sea: naval base.


La Spezia British  
/ la ˈspɛttsia /

noun

  1. a port in NW Italy, in Liguria, on the Gulf of Spezia: the chief naval base in Italy. Pop: 91 391 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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I was disappointed to miss our only stop in Italy, La Spezia.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 19, 2025

La Spezia is the furthest and northernmost destination that Italy has assigned to an NGO ship.

From Reuters Jan. 25, 2023

The couple had rented a yacht in La Spezia and then traveled to Vernazza where they dined at il Castello restaurant.

From Fox News Jul. 8, 2021

As doctors filed into the tent, five Carabinieri officers arrived at a yacht club an hour away near the seaport of La Spezia.

From Seattle Times May 28, 2019

The landlord of the Croce di Malta at Genoa engaged a vetturino to take us to La Spezia.

From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.

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