Basilicata meaning

bə-zĭlĭ-kätə, bä-zēlē-kätä
A region of southern Italy bordering on the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Gulf of Taranta. It forms the instep of the Italian “boot.”
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(place) Region in S Italy, on the Gulf of Taranto: 3,858 sq mi (9,992 sq km)
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A region of southern Italy.
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Basilicata Sentence Examples

  • The mortality from malaria in 1902 was higher than for any other part of Italy-1037 persons, or 154 per 100,000 (Basilicata, 141; Apulia, 104; Calabria, 77; Sicily, 76; province of Rome, 27).

  • Its southern extremity, Calabria, forms a complete peninsula, being united to the mass of Lucania or the Basilicata by an isthmus isthmus 35 m.

  • The Apulian volcanic formation consists of the great mass of Monte Volture, which rises at the west end of the plains of Apulia, on the frontier of Basilicata, and is surrounded by the Apennines on its south-west and north-west sides.

  • Merino sheep have been acclimatized in the Abruzzi, Capitanata and Basilicata.

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