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Pozzuoli

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

noun

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


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)

"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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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

But medical fashions vary like all others, and consumptive patients now seek other places than Pozzuoli for their cure.

From The Naples Riviera by Herbert M. (Herbert Millingchamp) Vaughan

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