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Tarentum

American  
[tuh-ren-tuhm] / təˈrɛn təm /

noun

  1. ancient name of Taranto.


Tarentum British  
/ təˈrɛntəm /

noun

  1. the Latin name of Taranto

"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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Born April 22, 1928, in New York City as Estelle Nussbaum, Ms. Harris grew up in the city and later in the Pittsburgh suburb of Tarentum, Pa., where her father owned a candy store.

From Washington Post Apr. 3, 2022

“It’s something that women I have known through my life have needed for different reasons,” said Dunn, of Tarentum, Pennsylvania.

From Seattle Times Jan. 12, 2022

“We used to get a truckload of bikes, and now we are getting two or three at a time,” said George Gatto, co-owner of Gatto Cycle Shop in Tarentum.

From Washington Times Apr. 17, 2021

Filo’s photography, including the famous image, won a Pulitzer Prize for the Valley Daily News and Daily Dispatch of Tarentum and New Kensington, Pa.

From Washington Post May 1, 2020

The type of the horse also agrees well with that on the coins of Tarentum, of about the close of the fourth century, B.C.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.

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