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Torre del Greco

American  
[tawr-re del gre-kaw] / ˈtɔr rɛ dɛl ˈgrɛ kɔ /

noun

  1. a city in SW Italy, near Naples.


Torre del Greco British  
/ ˈtorre del ˈɡrɛːko /

noun

  1. a city in SW Italy, in Campania near Vesuvius on the Bay of Naples: damaged several times by eruptions. Pop: 90 607 (2001)

"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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“It’s a miracle, really a miracle,” Torre del Greco Mayor Luigi Mennella told state TV.

From Washington Times Jul. 16, 2023

Amongst the many classes of toilers with which populous Torre del Greco abounds, that of the coral-fishers is perhaps the most interesting.

From The Naples Riviera by Vaughan, Herbert M. (Herbert Millingchamp)

Recently the Queen of Italy created a vogue for coral ornaments among the Roman ladies so as to restore their livelihood to the fishermen of Torre del Greco.

From The Intelligence of Woman by George, Walter Lionel

Two hours after he had left Pompeii he was at Torre del Greco, and in another hour at Naples.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 by Various

It is but three days since they left the Piazza del Popolo, Torre del Greco.

From Sunrise by Black, William

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