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Siracusa

(siraˈkuːza)
n
(Placename) the Italian name for Syracuse

Syr•a•cuse

(ˈsɪr əˌkyus, -ˌkyuz)

n.
1. a city in central New York. 155,865.
2. Italian, Siracusa. a seaport in SE Sicily: ancient city founded by the Carthaginians 734 B.C.; battles 413 B.C., 212 B.C. 121,134.
Syr`a•cu′san, adj., n.
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Noun1.Siracusa - a city in southeastern Sicily that was founded by Corinthians in the 8th century BC
Syracuse
Sicilia, Sicily - the Italian region on the island of Sicily
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