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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

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

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2022

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

Tarentum had the same problems as Cheswick with its recycling dumpsters and removed them, Manager Mike Gutonski said.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 1, 2017

For his education he was chiefly indebted to Lysis of Tarentum, a Pythagorean exile who had found refuge with his father Polymnis.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various

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