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

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

Spero called out Taranto; Taranto called out Spero.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

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

To that point, Taranto pulls a useful metaphor out of Helen’s status as a quantum physicist.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2023

War was declared June 20, and had long been foreseen; yet it was June 25 before he moved the bulk of his fleet from Taranto to Ancona in the Adriatic.

From A History of Sea Power by Stevens, William Oliver