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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

I asked 2005 xMac proponent John Siracusa about how he felt about the arrival of the Mac Studio.

From The Verge Mar. 13, 2022

Agathocles the Sicilian, not of a private man onely, but from a base and abject fortune, got to be King of Siracusa.

From Machiavelli, Volume I by Dacres, Edward

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