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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)

"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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Firefighters in Pescara, Abruzzo say they have already received more than 200 calls for help after heavy rainfall triggered flooding.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2024

The 30-year-old Italy international joined PSG from second-tier Italian champion Pescara in 2012 and made his 399th appearance for PSG against Strasbourg on Wednesday.

From Seattle Times Dec. 28, 2022

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

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2022

Her first exhibited sculpture was a showstopping 18-wheel truck inexplicably flipped on its side at a prestigious international show in Pescara in 1997.

From New York Times Apr. 14, 2022

"In particolare egli amò grandemente la Marchesana di Pescara, del cui divino spirito era inamorato:" and he makes use of a strong expression to describe the admiration and friendship she felt for him in return.

From The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

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