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Caltanissetta

American  
[kal-tuh-nuh-set-uh, kahl-tah-nees-set-tah] / ˌkæl tə nəˈsɛt ə, ˌkɑl tɑ nisˈsɛt tɑ /

noun

  1. a city in central Sicily: cathedral; Norman monastery.


Caltanissetta British  
/ kaltanisˈsɛtta /

noun

  1. a city in central Sicily: sulphur mines. Pop: 61 438 (2001)

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On the road from Caltanissetta to Palermo, Mamud Shamsu watches the cars speed by.

From The Guardian • Sep. 12, 2018

In Mussomeli, an ancient town near Caltanissetta in the middle of Sicily, orange waste products are used to make biogas which is turned into electricity.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2017

Ofner spent the year entirely on the Challenger Tour, playing in spots such as Poprad Tatry, Slovakia, and Ostrava, Czech Republic, and Caltanissetta, Italy.

From Washington Post • Jul. 6, 2017

Most of them would be taken to Sicily’s expulsion center, in Caltanissetta, and flown home.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 3, 2017

I got there from Caltanissetta just before the train from Palermo arrived, and the buffo was p. 94looking out of the window. 

From Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions by Jones, Henry Festing