Potenza

[puh-ten-zuh, paw-ten-tsah]

noun

1. a city in Basilicata, in S Italy.

Example Sentences

Every year I attend car auctions in Scottsdale, Ariz. I have a small collection of Italian cars and old Italian motorcycles, partly to honor my family, which comes from Potenza, Italy.

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Dr. Marc Potenza, a psychiatrist and director of Yale’s Center of Excellence in Gambling Research, described “a perfect storm” that could lead some people to develop a gambling problem.

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Particularly vulnerable are young men who place high value on sports, Dr. Potenza said.

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"We were under the window where he was supposed to appear but then he didn't show up," said tourist Francesco Sinisgalli from Potenza in southern Italy.

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Mr Riccardi was working for an Italian university at the time, 10 years ago, and had to go to the city of Potenza in the south of the country for a conference.

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