Pozzuoli

American  

[pot-swoh-lee, pawt-tswaw-lee] / pɒtˈswoʊ li, pɔtˈtswɔ li /

noun

1. a seaport in SW Italy, near Naples: Roman ruins.

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Pozzuoli British  

/ potˈtswɔːli /

noun

1. a port in SW Italy, in Campania on the Gulf of Pozzuoli (an inlet of the Bay of Naples): in a region of great volcanic activity; founded in the 6th century _bc by the Greeks. Pop: 78 754 (2001)

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Pozzuoli

About a third is partially submerged beneath the Bay of Pozzuoli, while the remaining two-thirds are home to about 400,000 people.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2023

Born Sofia Scicolone in Rome in 1934, she grew up in the Pozzuoli slums during World War II. Loren splashed onto the Hollywood scene in 1951, at age 16.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2023

Experts long had believed the Roman concrete's durability arose from another important ingredient: volcanic ash from the area of Pozzuoli on the Bay of Naples.

From Reuters ● Jan. 9, 2023

Go for the Pozzuoli — zesty housemade sausage, velvety red peppers, nutty fontina and more on a 10-inch canvas.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2022

The men of Pozzuoli maintained that the Neapolitan dealers in fruit were to pay five carlins on a hundredweight; the others said it was not their business: thus the disturbance began.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Rossiter Johnson

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