Trapani

[trah-pah-nee]

noun

a seaport in NW Sicily.

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Historical Examples of trapani

I did not find out its having been written at Trapani till January, 1892.
Samuel Butler: A Sketch
Henry Festing Jones
Calatafimi is a town of 10,000 inhabitants about twenty miles inland from Trapani.
Diversions in Sicily
H. Festing Jones
The next morning the cloud had gone and I returned to Trapani.
Diversions in Sicily
H. Festing Jones
Trapani, Monte S. Giuliano and neighbourhood, in two sheets.
The Samuel Butler Collection
Henry Festing Jones
Trapani has found Il Lupo, and they are going to attack the city by sea!
The Island of Enchantment
Justus Miles Forman

British Dictionary definitions for trapani

Trapani

noun

a port in S Italy, in NW Sicily: Carthaginian naval base, ceded to the Romans after the First Punic War. Pop: 68 346 (2001)

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