Savona

American

[sah-vaw-nah] / sɑˈvɔ nɑ /

noun

a city in N Italy on the Mediterranean.

Savona British

/ saˈvoːna /

noun

a port in NW Italy, in Liguria on the Mediterranean: an important centre of the Italian iron and steel industry. Pop: 59 907 (2001)

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Nicolo Savona doubled the visitors' advantage early in the second half.

From Barron's • Nov. 22, 2025

Great Britain's Olympic and world silver medallist Keely Hodgkinson has set a new 400m personal best at a meet in Citta di Savona.

From BBC • May 15, 2024

Renata Scotto, the firebrand Italian soprano and Metropolitan Opera favorite who was acclaimed for her acting and her insights into opera characters as much as for her voice, died on Wednesday in Savona, Italy.

From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2023

The experts identified the artefacts as 13th century examples of etched pottery from Savona, a port city in the northwest of Italy, but archaeological investigations were ongoing, police said.

From Reuters • Oct. 5, 2022

In short, a voluminous literature has sprung out of this vexed question, but to the serious student of the life and times of Columbus Genoa and Savona alone appear worthy of respect.

From Cuba Past and Present by Davey, Richard

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