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Catania

American  
[kah-tah-nyah] / kɑˈtɑ nyɑ /

noun

  1. a seaport in E Sicily.


Catania British  
/ kaˈtaːnja /

noun

  1. a port in E Sicily, near Mount Etna. Pop: 313 110 (2001)

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Video footage released by police shows a small dog leisurely walking down a road in Catania's San Giorgio district in Sicily carrying a bag of rubbish in its mouth before dropping it.

From BBC

"Ingenuity can never become an alibi for incivility," the municipality of Catania said in a post on its official Facebook page.

From BBC

Mount Etna's last notable eruption came in February and caused the island's Catania airport to divert dozens of flights because of ash clouds.

From BBC

BBC Verify has learned she graduated from the University of Catania with a physics degree in 2001.

From BBC

Journalist Sara Catania recalled her job interview, sitting in Kaye’s office, in 1995.

From Los Angeles Times