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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southeast Italy east-southeast of Naples on the Gulf of Taranto, an arm of the Ionian Sea. Founded by Greeks from Sparta in the eighth century BC, it was known as Tarentum in Roman times. Ruled by varied powers over the centuries, it became part of Italy in 1861.
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- proper noun A
city and associatedprovince inApulia ,Italy .
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Examples
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The TV anchor of a popular show about missing person cases on RAI state TV told her late Wednesday night the breaking news that "one of the persons" being interrogated by police in Taranto, southern Italy, had allegedly confessed to killing Sarah Scazzi, 15, and that the body had been found.
Concetta Serrano, Mother Of Missing Girl, Learns Of Daughter's Death On Live TV The Huffington Post/AP 2010
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The TV anchor of a popular show about missing person cases on RAI state TV told her late Wednesday night the breaking news that "one of the persons" being interrogated by police in Taranto, southern Italy, had allegedly confessed to killing Sarah Scazzi, 15, and that the body had been found.
Concetta Serrano, Mother Of Missing Girl, Learns Of Daughter's Death On Live TV (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The TV anchor of a popular show about missing person cases on RAI state TV told her late Wednesday night the breaking news that "one of the persons" being interrogated by police in Taranto, southern Italy, had allegedly confessed to killing Sarah Scazzi, 15, and that the body had been found.
Concetta Serrano, Mother Of Missing Girl, Learns Of Daughter's Death On Live TV Craig Kanalley 2010
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The TV anchor of a popular show about missing person cases on RAI state TV told her late Wednesday night the breaking news that "one of the persons" being interrogated by police in Taranto, southern Italy, had allegedly confessed to killing Sarah Scazzi, 15, and that the body had been found.
Concetta Serrano, Mother Of Missing Girl, Learns Of Daughter's Death On Live TV The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The relevant segment by James Taranto is quoted below in red, and takes up most of the remainder of this entry.
Archive 2005-07-01 KaneCitizen 2005
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Taranto is carrying water for King George, nothing more.
Think Progress » The WSJ’s Taranto trivializes the Iraqi insurgency. 2005
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Thence it is a day and a half to Taranto, which is under the government of Calabria, the inhabitants of which are Greek [34].
The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela Benjamin of Tudela
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Apparently during the sixth inning he changed into a jersey that spelled "Taranto" correctly.
From the WSJ Opinion Archives James Taranto 2007
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Jibes such as Taranto's should not pass as journalism and should not warrant "our" attention.
The Reality Check 2009
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'Taranto' coffee grinder, £15, Marks & Spencer (0845-609 marksandspencer. com).
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2009
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