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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Example Sentences

On that occasion, some 40,000 people were temporarily evacuated from nearby Pozzuoli.

From Reuters • Oct. 5, 2023

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

My preferred topping, Pozzuoli, continues to scatter zesty housemade sausage, silky red peppers, nutty fontina and more on a 10-inch canvas.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2022

That act of punishment made Rome the chief mart of merchants from the East, and the nearest port to the Eternal City being Pozzuoli, the trade flowed thither naturally.

From Naples Past and Present by Norway, Arthur H.