Otranto

[ oh-trahn-toh; Italian aw-trahn-taw ]

/ oʊˈtrɑn toʊ; Italian ˈɔ trɑn tɔ /

noun

Strait of, a strait between SE Italy and Albania, connecting the Adriatic and the Mediterranean. 44 miles (71 km) wide.

Example sentences from the Web for otranto

Now Brindisi, in the territory of Otranto, in the kingdom of Naples.

A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence |Cornelius Tacitus
How often had they talked together of the Count of Otranto, and how often had they wondered who he was!

Endymion |Benjamin Disraeli
The slim, sleek, embroidered juggler of the Castle of Otranto had not a kind word for this ragged orphan of his own craft.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXII. |Various
It came out ere long that the venerable person was familiar with the coast from Otranto to Brindisi, and beyond far as Polignano.

The Prince of India, Volume II |Lew. Wallace

Hydrous, Hydruntum, Otranto, has as good a claim as a city can well have to be looked on as the end of the world.

Sketches from the Subject and Neighbour Lands of Venice |Edward A. Freeman

British Dictionary definitions for otranto

Otranto

/ (Italian ˈɔːtranto) /

noun

a small port in SE Italy, in Apulia on the Strait of Otranto : the most easterly town in Italy; dates back to Greek times and was an important Roman port; its ruined castle was the setting of Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto . Pop: 5282 (2001)

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