Livorno

American

[lee-vawr-naw] / liˈvɔr nɔ /

noun

a seaport in W Italy on the Ligurian Sea.

Livorno British

/ liˈvorno /

noun

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

The other victims were a couple who had been missing near the town of Vinci and a person in Livorno province.

From Seattle Times

Livorno on the coast and the towns of Prato and Montemurlo near Florence were among the worst affected areas.

From BBC

This month, it told other vessels to reach Livorno in Tuscany, and the eastern Adriatic ports of Ancona and Ravenna.

From Reuters

Born in Livorno, Italy, in 1884, he survived near-fatal bouts of pleurisy and typhoid in his early teens.

From Washington Post

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