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Pescara

American  
[pes-kah-rah] / pɛsˈkɑ rɑ /

noun

  1. a city in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.


Pescara British  
/ pesˈkaːra /

noun

  1. a city and resort in E central Italy, on the Adriatic. Pop: 116 286 (2001)

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Ninety of those matches were in Italy’s top-flight Serie A with Palermo, Pescara and Parma.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2022

Italy’s Interior Ministry said the bus had set out from Ukraine and was heading south to Pescara, an Adriatic port city, when it overturned.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2022

In the eastern city of Pescara, at least five people were injured after a fire forced the evacuation of hundreds from beach resorts and homes.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2021

In Pescara, which sits on the Adriatic Sea on Italy’s eastern coast, Mr. Biancardi, and his wife, Alessandra Lotti, 39, have become intimately familiar with the right to be forgotten, which they call diritto all’oblio.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2019

On his return journey from the Holy Land he was attacked at Pescara by robbers, and at Ancona on a Palm Sunday, according to his own account, he found himself destitute of means.

From Jewish Literature and Other Essays by Karpeles, Gustav