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Brindisi

Brindisi

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A port city in southeastern Apulia, Italy with Roman and medieval landmarks
  • proper noun
: Brindisi
  • Tourists flock to Brindisi in the summer to enjoy its beautiful beaches and rich history.
  • Brindisi, Italy
  • port of Brindisi
  • Italian port of Brindisi

A week in Brindisi, Italy, pretending to be in Tahiti with the greatest surfers on earth.

Examples

  • Actually, I had an assignment in Greece, and I had to go through Bari to get the boat at Brindisi.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • We are anchored at Brindisi—the ancient Brundusium of the Romans—a town more than twenty-five centuries old, but which does not by any means look its age.

    Blog text (22)

  • OK, time to get off the boat. We're going to Brindisi, which is a little Italian town

  • "Go to bed," she said, "so we can get an early start for Brindisi."

    Fiction book (1996)

  • She lives in Brindisi, Italy.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Earlier, we'd missed the ferry to Brindisi.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Next morning, the 16th of January, we are fast to the docks at Brindisi, and only one more stage of the journey remains to be made.

    Blog text (22)

  • A week in Brindisi, Italy, pretending to be in Tahiti with the greatest surfers on earth.

    Rich Roll

  • When he first saw the couple, Marshall was leaning on a railing of the ferry boat and looking down onto the dock at Brindisi.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • The ancient port city of Brindisi was a crucial staging point for Crusaders during the Middle Ages.

Synonyms

Bari
vsBrindisi
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Capital city of the Apulia region in southeast Italy on the Adriatic coast

is a port city noted for medieval crusade history rather than regional capital functions

Surface Forms

Brindisi main

Etymology

Brindisi comes from the old name Brundisium, used long ago, and one idea says that name came from a local word for 'deer' or from a local tribe. A helpful way to remember it is to picture a 'deer' by the sea, which fits its long story as an important port where ships sailed to distant places.