Otranto
Strait of, a strait between SE Italy and Albania, connecting the Adriatic and the Mediterranean. 44 miles (71 km) wide.
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How to use Otranto in a sentence
Thirty-six of them were based on Corfu, and formed part of the barrage across the Straits of Otranto.
The Heroic Record of the British Navy | Archibald HurdTaranto, Otranto and Bari are mere place names for which most do not even know where to look on the map.
Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car | Francis MiltounEndymion had known nothing, and was clear always that the Count of Otranto must have been, and was, an English boy.
Endymion | Benjamin DisraeliHardouin says that in his time they were found at Otranto, and similar remains have been noticed at Sidon.
Needlework As Art | Marian AlfordThe coaster had landed them at Otranto, where Bowes promptly engaged a private stable for his master.
British Dictionary definitions for Otranto
/ (Italian ˈɔːtranto) /
a small port in SE Italy, in Apulia on the Strait of Otranto : the most easterly town in Italy; dates back to Greek times and was an important Roman port; its ruined castle was the setting of Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto . Pop: 5282 (2001)
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