Taranto

American  

[tah-rahn-taw, tahr-uhn-toh, tar-, tuh-ran-toh] / ˈtɑ rɑn tɔ, ˈtɑr ənˌtoʊ, ˈtær-, təˈræn toʊ /

noun

1. Ancient Tarentum.  a fortified seaport in SE Italy, on the Gulf of Taranto: founded by the Greeks in the 8th century b.c.; naval base.

2. Gulf of, an arm of the Ionian Sea, in S Italy. 85 miles (137 km) long.

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Taranto British  

/ ˈtaːranto, təˈræntəʊ /

noun

1. Latin name: Tarentum.  a port in SE Italy, in Apulia on the Gulf of Taranto (an inlet of the Ionian Sea): the chief city of Magna Graecia; taken by the Romans in 272 _bc . Pop: 202 033 (2001)

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Example Sentences

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Taranto

The leak “created an atmosphere of suspicion and distrust,” Justice Alito told my colleague James Taranto and the attorney David B. Rivkin in 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

Taranto investigated Pangram’s consistency and found enough variation to dismiss it.

From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026

Trump’s lawyers were heartened by the dissent written by Judge Richard Taranto and joined by three others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025

He said he found the dog - who, he says, he saw as a "brother" - on Friday morning in his kennel at the Endas search and rescue training centre in Taranto, Puglia.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025

He accompanied the French expedition to Egypt, but was shipwrecked on his return off the coast of Taranto, and imprisoned and harshly treated by the Neapolitan Government.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various