Alghero

[ ahl-gair-oh ]

noun

1. a seaport in W Sardinia.

Example Sentences

A court in Sardinia released Puigdemont on Friday, a day after Italian police detained him under the European arrest warrant issued by Spain, as he travelled to the Italian island to attend a Catalan folklore festival in the city of Alghero.

From Reuters

“We will continue fighting. We will never give up and I will continue travelling around Europe,” Puigdemont told a news conference in Alghero, where he was accompanied buy the city’s mayor.

From Reuters

He said he came to Sardinia “because you know Alghero has a very, very deep root in the Catalan culture and Catalan language. So for me it’s a very, very important occasion to be here, free!”

From Seattle Times

Alghero is hosting a traditional Catalan folklore festival that he was expected to attend.

From Seattle Times

Italian police on Thursday night transferred Carles Puigdemont to a jail in Sassari, a Sardinian city near Alghero, where he had been detained upon arrival at the airport there.

From Seattle Times