Pescara

American

[pes-kah-rah] / pɛsˈkɑ rɑ /

noun

a city in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.

Pescara British

/ pesˈkaːra /

noun

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

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He was sent out on loan to third-division side Pescara in 2023-24 and Juve Stabia in the second division during the 2024-25 season.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025

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

Some 30 people were treated for light smoke inhalation in Italy’s coastal city of Pescara after flames tore through a nearby pine forest.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2021

Cardinal Pescara twisted the ring upon his finger, regarding Paul with a glance of almost pathetic entreaty.

From The Orchard of Tears by Rohmer, Sax

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