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Livorno

American  
[lee-vawr-naw] / liˈvɔr nɔ /

noun

  1. a seaport in W Italy on the Ligurian Sea.


Livorno British  
/ liˈvorno /

noun

  1. English name: Leghorn. a port in W central Italy, in Tuscany on the Ligurian Sea: shipyards; oil-refining. Pop: 156 274 (2001)

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On Livorno Drive, a street in the Palisades overlooking the ocean, dozens of people wearing neon construction vests and hard hats stood by the twisted wreckage of burned homes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025

In 1921, he married Erma Dina Monti, also a 1913 newcomer, arriving from Italy’s coastal city of Livorno.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2022

In an annual report for 2021, the company said preliminary investigations were pending before the Criminal Court of Livorno regarding the contamination of certain areas around Rosignano.

From Reuters ● Sep. 6, 2022

The 366th Regiment had mainly done guard duty at air bases before being sent to Livorno, on Italy’s northwest coast about 35 miles south of the Cinquale Canal, on Nov. 26, Hargrove wrote.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 28, 2022

The Italians—four of them veterans of the crew from Livorno that had come within two-tenths of a second of beating California at the 1932 Olympics— also looked like a threat.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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