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Ragusa

American  
[rah-goo-zah] / rɑˈgu zɑ /

noun

  1. a province in SE Italy.

  2. a city in and the capital of this province.

  3. a city in SE Sicily.

  4. Italian name of Dubrovnik.


Ragusa British  
/ raˈɡuːza /

noun

  1. an industrial town in SE Sicily. Pop: 68 956 (2001)

  2. the Italian name (until 1918) for Dubrovnik

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The defence team says the trial in Ragusa is the first of its kind in Italy.

From Barron's

A man in his 50s was struck by a whirlwind as he left his house in the early morning near the city of Ragusa, the civil protection office said.

From Reuters

“Before the pandemic, we were looking at increases year over year in containers,” Ms. Ragusa said.

From Washington Times

Attorney General Letitia James said investigators caught onto the ruse after seeing Anthony Ragusa’s fit form on the Instagram account of his wife, International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness pro Loly Ragusa.

From Fox News

“It created an incredible mess. It has served as a lesson for us to be more careful,” said Angelo Aliquò, the health agency director general in the Sicilian city of Ragusa.

From Reuters