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Trinacria

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Trinacria [trɪˈneɪkrɪə traɪ-]
n
(Placename) the Latin name for Sicily
Trinacrian  adj


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As has been the case for some time, northern Ausonia (Ausonia Borealis, or Trinacria [IAU]) was shaded, in contrast to the southern, brighter part.
Just three years after being built the America was sold to the Italian Government, renamed Trinacria and was used by the Italian Navy.
In the Paradiso, Dante writes that Trinacria is darkened "non per Tifeo ma per nascente solfo" ["not by Typhoeus, but by nascent sulphur'] (Par.
 
 
 
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