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Definition of Siracusa
1. Noun. A city in southeastern Sicily that was founded by Corinthians in the 8th century BC.
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Sicilia, Sicily
Lexicographical Neighbors of Siracusa
Literary usage of Siracusa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Viaggi Di Pietro Della Valle, Il Pellegrino: Descritti Da Lui Medesimo in by Pietro Della Valle (1843)
"... e l'altra maritata in siracusa, con cui viveva in altra casa fuori del palazzo,
a pigliar le mie donne dalla galera con carrozza; e'I signor Paolo, ..."
2. A History of Architecture in Italy from the Time of Constantine to the Dawn by Charles Amos Cummings (1901)
"siracusa. Windows of Palazzo Montalto. interior dome, and surrounded inside by
two blind arcades of interlacing pointed arches on coupled columns.2 ..."
3. Scenario for a Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake on the Hayward Fault edited by Francis M. Christie (1997)
"Angela siracusa, Formerly Bay Area Council This region is the fifth-largest
metropolitan area in the country. If the Bay Area were a state, it would be the ..."
4. Sicily by Jack Altman (2001)
"In siracusa, they formed a leisured elite using the local Siculi as slave labour
to cultivate wheat and other cereals on their farms and as domestic ..."