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Trapani

American  
[trah-pah-nee] / ˈtrɑ pɑ ni /

noun

  1. a seaport in NW Sicily.


Trapani British  
/ ˈtraːpani /

noun

  1. a port in S Italy, in NW Sicily: Carthaginian naval base, ceded to the Romans after the First Punic War. Pop: 68 346 (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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Dr Lia Trapani catalogues everything from the dig.

From BBC Apr. 11, 2024

Bluebell failed to persuade fellow Richemont shareholders to add Francesco Trapani, the former C.E.O. of Bulgari, as a director, but the conglomerate agreed to give public investors more influence.

From New York Times Jul. 21, 2023

It is in a modest building near the centre of Campobello di Mazara, in the western Sicilian province of Trapani, just a few kilometres from Messina Denaro's home town of Castelvetrano.

From Reuters Jan. 18, 2023

Six years ago, Italian authorities confiscated 13 million euros worth of olive groves and bottling facilities linked to Messina Denaro in the countryside near Trapani.

From Seattle Times Jan. 17, 2023

I looked at him and gave him the money and said: "Per Dio, we are in Trapani!"

From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

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