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Siracusa

American  
[see-rah-koo-zah] / ˌsi rɑˈku zɑ /

noun

  1. Syracuse.


Siracusa British  
/ siraˈkuːza /

noun

  1. the Italian name for Syracuse

"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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Interestingly, says veterinary behavior expert Carlo Siracusa, these male cats are from different social groups and would normally behave aggressively toward each other—but for the occasion of mating, they will peacefully congregate.

From Slate • Jan. 18, 2024

The other rescue operation by Italian coastguard on Monday was to help a fishing boat carrying 800 people that was located over 120 miles southeast of Siracusa, in Sicily.

From Reuters • Apr. 10, 2023

“These behaviors are not invented on the spot,” says Carlo Siracusa, associate professor of clinical behavior medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine.

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2022

A 2005 Ars Technica post by John Siracusa suggests it was coined in that site’s Mac forums in 2001 or earlier.

From The Verge • Mar. 13, 2022

So Amilcar supped in Siracusa, & the Prince of Wales ware a Crown thorow Cheapside, in another sort and sense then they imagined, or desired.

From The Survey of Cornwall And an epistle concerning the excellencies of the English tongue by Carew, Richard

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