Catania — /kah tah nyah/, n. a seaport in E Sicily. 400,242. * * * City (pop., 2001 prelim.: 306,464), Sicily, Italy. It was founded by Greeks in 729 BC at the foot of Mount Etna on the Gulf of Catania. Taken by the Romans in the First Punic War (263 BC),… … Universalium
Catania — or ancient Catana geographical name commune Italy in E Sicily on E coast on Gulf of Catania population 330,037 … New Collegiate Dictionary
Catania, Gulf of — ▪ gulf, Italy Italian Golfo Di Catania, inlet of the Ionian Sea on the eastern coast of Sicily. About 20 miles (32 km) long and 5 miles (8 km) wide, it lies between Cape Campolato (south) and Cape Molini (north). The gulf receives the… … Universalium
Catania — Infobox CityIT official name = Comune di Catania img coa = Catania Stemma Alt.png img coa small = image caption = u Liotru , symbol of Catania region = RegioneIT|sigla=SIC province = ProvinciaIT (short form)|sigla=CT (CT) mayor = Raffaele… … Wikipedia
Ionian Sea — The Ionian Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic Sea. It is bounded by southern Italy, including Calabria, Sicily and the Salento peninsula, to the west, by southwestern Albania, including Saranda and Himara, and a large… … Wikipedia
Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… … Universalium
USS America (CV-66) — The third USS America (CV 66), formerly CVA 66, was a Kitty Hawk class supercarrier of the United States Navy that served from 1965 to 1996.Construction and shakedownOriginally ordered as an Enterprise class nuclear carrier, the ballooning costs… … Wikipedia
Allied invasion of Sicily — Sicilian Campaign Part of Italian Campaign of World War II The U.S. Liberty ship Robert Rowan explodes after being hit by a German … Wikipedia
Italy — • In ancient times Italy had several other names: it was called Saturnia, in honour of Saturn; Enotria, wine producing land; Ausonia, land of the Ausonians; Hesperia, land to the west (of Greece); Tyrrhenia, etc. The name Italy, which seems to… … Catholic encyclopedia
USS Arthur W. Radford (DD-968) — was a sclass|Spruance|destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Admiral Arthur W. Radford USN (1896 ndash;1973), the first naval officer to hold the title of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.She was laid down by the Ingalls… … Wikipedia
