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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

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

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2022

The race has its second rest day on Monday before a 196-kilometer stage from Pescara to Jesi that is mainly flat in the first half before three fourth-category climbs later in the day.

From Seattle Times May 15, 2022

PESCARA, Italy — Alessandro Biancardi, a journalist in the Italian coastal city of Pescara, knew he had a hot story for his small news website.

From New York Times Sep. 23, 2019

They mourned for him as sincerely as the French, their chief, the Marquis of Pescara, declaring, "Never have I seen or heard tell of any knight who could compare with you in all admirable qualities."

From Harper's Young People, August 24, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

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