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Agrigento

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A·gri·gen·to  (ägr-jnt, gr-)
A city of southwest Sicily, Italy, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. It was founded c. 580 b.c. by Greek colonists. Population: 59,100.
Agrigento (Italian) [agriˈdʒɛnto]
n
(Placename) a town in Italy, in SW Sicily: site of six Greek temples. Pop.: 56 372 (1990) Former name (until 1927) Girgenti [gɜːˈgɛntɪ]
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Noun1.AgrigentoAgrigento - a town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast; the site of six Greek temples
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Sicilia, Sicily - the Italian region on the island of Sicily


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Speaking an antiquated, Americanized Sicilian that is quaint and amusing to the natives, Mangione, claiming that the Fascists called the city Agrigento (and not Girgenti), cannot even get the history of the town's names straight.
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