Foggia

[ fawd-jah ]

noun

1. a city in SE Italy.

Foggia

/ ˈfɔddʒa /

noun

1. a city in SE Italy, in Apulia: seat of Emperor Frederick II; centre for Carbonari revolutionary societies in the revolts of 1820, 1848, and 1860. Pop: 155 203 (2001)

Example Sentences

They bartered for fuel and, on March 17, the combined crews escaped to Foggia, Italy, where they were able to notify their families back home that they had survived.

From New York Times

Raduano, 40, is said to be a boss of the Foggia crime syndicate, which is sometimes described as Italy's fourth mafia - after the more famous organisations in Sicily, Calabria and Naples.

From BBC

A wildfire in the Foggia region, on Italy's Adriatic coast, forced the evacuation of 2,000 people from three hotels, Italy's Rai news reports.

From BBC

Alfonso Sabella, a former anti-Mafia magistrate, said Cosa Nostra is now only Italy's third-largest criminal group, behind the 'Ndrangheta and the mob centred around the city of Foggia in the south-east.

From Reuters

He lives in Puglia, where he spent two years in the large Foggia ghetto, home to more than 1,500 migrants.

From BBC