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  • proper noun A town in Greece located in the Preveza prefecture

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Examples

  • Georgina Parga pictured watching the soap opera 'Amor en custodia' on March 7, 2006.

    Watching TV 2011

  • In a brief press release, the Justice Ministry said that it had also granted partial pardons to Rafael Jiménez de Parga and Miguel Ángel Calama , two other Banesto executives who had been convicted together with Mr. Saenz.

    Santander CEO Gets Break Christopher Bjork 2011

  • There†™ s a spot somewhere outside of Parga that we could probably use to pull together Hades, but we†™ re not going to be doing that either.

    365 tomorrows » 2007 » August : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2007

  • Then the pirates of Parga that dwell by the waves,

    Childe Harold's Pilgrimage 2007

  • You indicated that what was troubling you was the testimony of Thrasher (ph) and Parga (ph), and that this was a close call.

    CNN Transcript Jan 3, 2003 2003

  • The general Greek bitterness against the British arose because they brazenly sold Parga to Ali Pasha, but in this island it was caused initially by the governor, Sir Thomas Maitland, who was an unmitigated tyrant.

    Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

  • The archdiocese includes Paxos, Antipaxos, other islets, and several localities in Epirus, between Parga and Sasino; the Catholics, however, have almost completely disappeared except in Corfu.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

  • Merlera, Phano, Samothrace, Paxos, and Antipaxos, as well as a few places in Epirus on the mainland between the towns of Parga and

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • He spoke briefly in favour of reducing the number of the Lords of the Admiralty, advocated an inquiry into domestic and foreign policy, protested against the surrender of the town of Parga, on the coast of Epirus, to the Turks, and made an energetic speech against the prevailing bribery and corruption which disgraced contested elections.

    Lord John Russell 1887

  • The inhabitants of Parga were, however, vehemently opposed to such a transference of their allegiance, and they were conveyed to the Ionian Islands and compensated for the loss of their property.

    The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) John Knight Fotheringham 1867

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