Pescara

[ pes-kah-rah ]

/ pɛsˈkɑ rɑ /

a city in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.

Example sentences from the Web for pescara

On learning this resolution, Pescara joyously exclaimed, "We were vanquished; a little while and we shall be vanquishers."

A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times |Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
One of the men described his life as a soldier when his battalion was sent against the brigands near Pescara.

The Story of My Life, volumes 4-6 |Augustus J. C. Hare
Vittoria was beautiful and cultivated; the young Marquis of Pescara chivalrous and brave.

Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature |John Addington Symonds
The inducement of the throne of Naples had been held out to Marchese di Pescara.

Italy, the Magic Land |Lilian Whiting

On the 22d of August, 1542, he writes to the Marquis of Pescara, detailing his anxieties and the causes of his flight.

Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870 |Various

Pescara

/ (Italian pesˈkaːra) /

a city and resort in E central Italy, on the Adriatic. Pop: 116 286 (2001)