PALERMO Definition & Meaning

Palermo

[puh-lur-moh, -lair-, pah-ler-maw]

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noun

a seaport in and the capital of Sicily, in the NW part.

Palermo

/ paˈlɛrmo, -ˈlɜː-, pəˈlɛəməʊ /

noun

the capital of Sicily, on the NW coast: founded by the Phoenicians in the 8th century _bc Pop: 686 722 (2001)

Palermo

City in northwest Sicily on the Tyrrhenian Sea, an arm of the Mediterranean Sea; capital of Sicily.

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Palermo's convenient location has made it an important port for trans-Mediterranean shipping for three thousand years. Settled by Phoenicia in the eighth century b.c., it has come under the influence of many civilizations, including the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire. It has also come under the control of the Arabs and the French. Palermo has long been a center for art and architecture.

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

Palermitan adjective

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"This is something the fans appreciate a lot, as they liked his kiss on the shirt in the match against Palermo in September and the fact he is learning Italian and even Neapolitan."

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It comes as salvage ships arrived earlier this month to waters off the small port of Porticello, near Palermo, where the Bayesian vessel sank during freak weather last August.

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Payne died last October after falling from a balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.

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Of the 181 arrest warrants served on suspected Sicilian gangsters across four districts of the in capital Palermo, 33 were for convicted figures already in jail.

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Italian police have launched a series of raids targeting Mafia clans operating in and around the Sicilian capital Palermo.

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