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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southern Italy west of Naples on the Bay of Pozzuoli, a section of the Bay of Naples. The city was founded by Greek exiles c. 529 BC and was an important commercial center during the Roman Empire.
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I mean, I was coming from Pozzuoli, which is a little town near Naples.
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I mean, I was coming from Pozzuoli, which is a little town near Naples.
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At the point where we descended from our carriage to look from the upland out over the vast hollow of land and sea toward Pozzuoli, which is so interesting as the scene of Jove's memorable struggle with the Titans, and just when we were really beginning to feel equal to it, a company of minstrels suddenly burst upon us with guitars and mandolins and comic songs much dramatized, while the immediate natives offered us violets and other distracting flowers.
Roman Holidays, and Others William Dean Howells 1878
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From there one goes to Pozzuoli which is called Sorrento the Great, built by Zur, son of Hadadezer, when he fled in fear of David the king.
The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela Benjamin of Tudela
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Roberto Salomone/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images PILING UP: Piles of uncollected rubbish lined a street in Pozzuoli, a suburb of Naples, Italy, Monday, as soldiers arrived in the city to clear some of the 4,000 tons of garbage.
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Ciro Fusco/European Pressphoto Agency HOLD YOUR NOSE: A police officer from Pozzuoli, Italy, descended a ladder Wednesday into an ancient Roman mausoleum discovered under an illegal toxic waste dump near Naples.
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Highways ran south from the city to Puteoli (modern Pozzuoli) and north to the nearby temple of Diana Tifata and then up the Volturnus (modern Volturno) river valley.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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Highways ran south from the city to Puteoli (modern Pozzuoli) and north to the nearby temple of Diana Tifata and then up the Volturnus (modern Volturno) river valley.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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Highways ran south from the city to Puteoli (modern Pozzuoli) and north to the nearby temple of Diana Tifata and then up the Volturnus (modern Volturno) river valley.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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Highways ran south from the city to Puteoli (modern Pozzuoli) and north to the nearby temple of Diana Tifata and then up the Volturnus (modern Volturno) river valley.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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