Palermo
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- proper noun
- I was born in Palermo, Sicily.
- Palermo, Sicily
- Palermo catacombs
- Palermo mummies
Examples
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Jacques, remember those divine fava beans we had in that marvelous little place in Palermo?
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My real father was an immigrant, a barber from Palermo who now cuts the hair of movie stars in Beverly Hills.
Fiction book (1995) -
We attended the university in Palermo together.
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How are things in Palermo?
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Sardinia's east coast leads toward Messina, and its west coast toward Palermo.
Academic text (1996) -
Flight 604 for Rome with connections to Palermo is now boarding at gate 43.
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The key to the conquest of Sicily lay in the largest and wealthiest of its cities, Palermo.
Academic text (2010) -
After last Sunday's 2-0 loss at Palermo, under-fire Samp tactician Ciro Ferrara refused to resign.
Blog text (34) -
Yet even today, the splendour of the churches of Palermo hearken back to a time when Latins, Greeks and Arabs lived side by side under Norman rule.
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I was born in Palermo, Sicily.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Palermo comes from the ancient Greek name Panormos, made of pan- 'all' and ormos 'harbour', which is like the English word 'port'. It was called this because the city's bay is a very safe natural port, so the name means 'all-port' and helps you remember Palermo as a major port city.