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Ca·ta·nia

(kə-tān′yə, -tā′nē-ə, kä-tä′nyä)
A city of eastern Sicily, Italy on the Gulf of Catania, an inlet of the Ionian Sea. Founded in the eighth century bc, Catania was a flourishing Greek community and later a Roman colony.
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Catania

(Italian kaˈtaːnja)
n
(Placename) a port in E Sicily, near Mount Etna. Pop: 313 110 (2001)
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Ca•ta•nia

(kəˈtɑn yə)

n.
a seaport in E Sicily. 372,212.
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