Tarentum

[ tuh-ren-tuhm ]

noun
  1. ancient name of Taranto.

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How to use Tarentum in a sentence

  • The Duke of Tarentum was mainly instrumental in saving the remnants of the army which had managed to cross the Elster.

    Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
  • The best native wools came from Calabria and Apulia, that from near Tarentum being the best of all.

    The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone Johnston
  • Good wines but less noted than these were produced in the extreme south, near Beneventum, Aulon, and Tarentum.

    The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone Johnston
  • "To-morrow we shall be yet hungrier," muttered Guy of Tarentum, as he went out at Longsword's side.

    God Wills It! | William Stearns Davis
  • Tarentum, one of the southern states, brought over to its assistance Pyrrhus the Epirot.

British Dictionary definitions for Tarentum

Tarentum

/ (təˈrɛntəm) /


noun
  1. the Latin name of Taranto

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