region on the SE coast of Italy, on the Adriatic Sea & the Gulf of Taranto: 7,469 sq mi (19,357 sq km); pop. 4,050,000; cap. Bari: It. name Puglia
See Apulia in American Heritage Dictionary 4
A region of southeast Italy bordering on the Adriatic Sea, Strait of Otranto, and Gulf of Taranto. Its southern portion forms the heel of the Italian “boot.”