Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southern Italy on the Ionian Sea northeast of Reggio di Calabria. It was founded c. 708 BC as part of Magna Graecia and reached the height of its power after 510 BC.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fungous excrescence on trees, caused by an insect.
- noun In pathology, a small fungous excrescence on the periosteum.
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- proper noun Province of
Calabria ,Italy . - proper noun Town and capital of Crotone.
Etymologies
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Examples
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These substances were mixed with building materials in the city of Crotone and toxic materials were discovered on the site of an abandoned textile factory on the shores of the sea in Praia a Mare.
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Analyses administered by the local health authorities revealed high levels of cancer causing heavy metals in blood samples taken from children that attend the school, now known as the School of Poisons in Crotone.
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In the city of Crotone a school, roads and other buildings were built using materials mixed with toxic wastes.
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PRIME MINISTER CIAMPI: If you are referring to the Crotone case, this has been resolved.
Press Conference W Italian Prime Minister ITY National Archives 1993
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Scalise, from Crotone in southern Italy, suffered a brain hemorrhage while watching her beloved Juventus play on TV on Jan. 22 and lapsed into the coma.
FOXNews.com 2012
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"There's an Italian man who comes to the station every day and gives food to everyone," said Mr. Seroual, who passed through migrant centers in Lampedusa, Crotone and Milan on his way to Ventimiglia.
NYT > Global Home By ANGELA GIUFFRIDA 2011
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Researchers led by Francesco Riganello at the Santa Anna Institute in Crotone, Italy, played four pieces of classical music to 16 healthy volunteers while measuring their heartbeats.
Medindia Health News 2010
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According to Crotone police chief Angelo Morabito, "He is without a shadow of doubt the most dangerous criminal of the province of Crotone."
Computerworld 2010
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Iaquinta was born in in Cutro, in the province of Crotone.
WN.com - Articles related to Mercado: El agente de Rafa Benítez asegura que seguirá en Liverpool 2010
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Francesco Riganello at the Santa Anna Institute in Crotone, Italy, and colleagues played four pieces of classical music to 16 healthy volunteers while measuring their heartbeats.
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