Portici

[ pawr-ti-chee; Italian pawr-tee-chee ]

/ ˈpɔr tɪˌtʃi; Italian ˈpɔr ti tʃi /

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noun

a city in S Italy, on the Bay of Naples.

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Words nearby Portici

porthole die, Port Hudson, Port Hueneme, Port Huron, Portia, Portici, portico, porticoed, portiere, Porţile de Fier, Portinari

How to use Portici in a sentence

The royal villa of Portici lies about four “miglia” from Naples, and we made an excursion thither by railway.
A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy|Ida Pfeiffer
Portici and Resina are so closely connected together by villas and houses, that a stranger would take them for one place.
A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy|Ida Pfeiffer
When he left the crowd of boats, Raoul pulled toward the rocks which bound the shores of the bay, near the gardens of Portici.
The Wing-and-Wing|J. Fenimore Cooper
It is equal to that which I have sold in Portici, and that is the very letter of your engagement.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete|Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

It stood “Sotto un auanzo dei Portici antichi seguentemente al Sepolcro.”
Ex Voto|Samuel Bulter