Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "Gulf of Taranto" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF GULF OF TARANTO

Gulf of Taranto  [ɡʌlf əv təˈræntəʊ] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GULF OF TARANTO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gulf of Taranto is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GULF OF TARANTO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gulf of Taranto

The Gulf of Taranto is a gulf of the Ionian Sea, in Southern Italy. The Gulf of Taranto is almost square, 140 km long and wide, and is delimited by the capes Santa Maria di Leuca and Colonna. It is surrounded by three Italian regions, Apulia, Basilicata, and Calabria. The most important rivers are the Basento, the Sinni, and the Agri. The main cities on the gulf are Taranto and Gallipoli. Also the Greek colonies of Croton, Heraclea, Thurii, and Sybaris were founded on Gulf of Taranto. Coordinates: ▪ NW Lat/Long: N 41.00/ W 17.41 ▪ NE Lat/Long: N 40.59/ E 15.51 ▪ SW Lat/Long: N 39.58/ E 15.51 ▪ SE Lat/Long: N 40.00/ W 17.41 Italy claims the whole gulf as national waters, thus closed to international traffic. This position, which is a similar position to Libya on the Gulf of Sidra, is not recognized by some other countries, such as the United States and the United Kingdom.

Definition of Gulf of Taranto in the English dictionary

The definition of Gulf of Taranto in the dictionary is the Gulf of Taranto an inlet of the Ionian Sea, in Apulia in SE Italy.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GULF OF TARANTO


ailanto
eɪˈlæntəʊ
canto
ˈkæntəʊ
conjunto
kɒnˈdʒʊntəʊ
conto
ˈkɒntəʊ
coranto
kɒˈræntəʊ
Esperanto
ˌɛspəˈræntəʊ
junto
ˈdʒʊntəʊ
Lepanto
lɪˈpæntəʊ
manteau
ˈmæntəʊ
montanto
mɒnˈtæntəʊ
panto
ˈpæntəʊ
pinto
ˈpɪntəʊ
portmanteau
pɔːtˈmæntəʊ
pronto
ˈprɒntəʊ
punto
ˈpʊntəʊ
Sacramento
ˌsækrəˈmɛntəʊ
santo
ˈsɑːntəʊ
tanto
ˈtæntəʊ
Taranto
təˈræntəʊ
Toronto
təˈrɒntəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GULF OF TARANTO

Gulf of Lions
Gulf of Mannar
Gulf of Martaban
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Oman
Gulf of Panama
Gulf of Papua
Gulf of Riga
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Gulf of San Blas
Gulf of Saros
Gulf of Siam
Gulf of Sidra
Gulf of Suez
Gulf of Tatary
Gulf of Tehuantepec
Gulf of Thailand
Gulf of Tonkin
Gulf of Venezuela
Gulf of Volos

WORDS THAT END LIKE GULF OF TARANTO

aggiornamento
Agrigento
bel canto
cento
come into
divertimento
enter into
get into
go into
Gulf of Lepanto
into
lento
onto
Otranto
put money into
quo warranto
run into
Strait of Otranto
Trento
unto

Synonyms and antonyms of Gulf of Taranto in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Gulf of Taranto» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF GULF OF TARANTO

Find out the translation of Gulf of Taranto to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Gulf of Taranto from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Gulf of Taranto» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

海湾塔兰托
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Golfo de Taranto
570 millions of speakers

English

Gulf of Taranto
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टोरंटो की खाड़ी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خليج تارانتو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Залив Таранто
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Golfo de Taranto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টরেন্টোর উপসাগর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Golfe de Tarente
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Teluk Taranto
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Golf von Tarent
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ターラント湾
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

타란 의 만
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Teluk Taranto
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Vịnh Taranto
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டரன்டோ வளைகுடா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टेरंटोचे आखात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Taranto Körfezi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Golfo di Taranto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Zatoka Taranto
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Залив Таранто
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Golful Taranto
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Κόλπο του Τάραντα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Golf van Taranto
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Mexikanska Taranto
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Gulf of Taranto
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Gulf of Taranto

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GULF OF TARANTO»

The term «Gulf of Taranto» is regularly used and occupies the 105.502 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
51
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «Gulf of Taranto» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of Gulf of Taranto
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Gulf of Taranto».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GULF OF TARANTO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Gulf of Taranto» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Gulf of Taranto» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Gulf of Taranto

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GULF OF TARANTO»

Discover the use of Gulf of Taranto in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Gulf of Taranto and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Littorio Class: Italy's Last and Largest Battleships
Littorio, in the foreground, and Vittorio Veneto in what is probably their most famous photograph, taken during a gunnery exercise in the Gulf of Taranto in the summer of 1940. (A Fraccaroli collection) 15 Jun 1940 08.52 Taranto Ship proceeds ...
Ermingo Bagnasco, 2011
2
Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book to Italy
It forms the east corner of the Gulf of Taranto, marked by a convent and tower. It was the ancient Prornon- torium Japygium or Salentinum, and is 80 miles from Cape Colonne, across the Bay of Taranto. From Leoce to Gallipoli, a road passes  ...
George Bradshaw, 1865
3
Bay of Naples and Southern Italy
5' H H 3 >-+- O The Gulf of Taranto Nestling in the underbelly of Puglia, where the Ionian coast curves round into the Basilicata, the Gulf of Taranto centres on the town of the same name, one of the main industrial centres in the south. Taranto ...
Dana Facaros, Michael Pauls, 2007
4
Sunken Ships World War II: US Naval Chronology, Including ...
HMS Tempest 12 February 1942 Depth charged near Gulf of Taranto by Italian TB Circe HMS Tempest sailed from Malta on the night of 10th February to patrol the Gulf of Taranto. On the evening of the 11th Tempest was signalled that the ...
Karl E. Heden, 2006
5
International Dictionary of Historic Places: Southern Europe
Location: A coast city on the instep of Italy's heel in the southeastern region of the country on the Gulf of Taranto; in the region of Apulia and province of Taranto. Description: Once the greatest city of Magna Graecia and a center of Pythagorean ...
Trudy Ring, Robert M. Salkin, Sharon La Boda, 1995
6
Foreland Basins: Special Publication 8 of the IAS
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS The distribution of the lrpinian Units and the PlioQuaternary depocentres in the Gulf of Taranto shows, from west to east, the same succession of basins (Figs 8,9 and Table 1): Table l. Irpinian Basin units as  ...
P. A. Allen, P. Homewood, 2009
7
Historic Waters in the Law of the Sea: A Modern Re-Appraisal
A Modern Re-Appraisal Clive Ralph Symmons. running”.4 For example, although Italy in 1977 drew a 60-mile long baseline across the mouth of the Gulf of Taranto and the actual decree ...
Clive Ralph Symmons, 2008
8
The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects ...
Gulf of Taranto. The Commander of the late brig Talbot, having had the misfortune to lose his vessel, owing to the incorrectness of the chart of the Gulf of Taranto, and the extraordinary current setting round Cape St. Mary into the Adriatic, has ...
‎1844
9
Selected Papers Presented at the Third Technical ...
3.6 Tagging Campaigns Some tagging campaigns for albacore were carried out in 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993 in the Gulf of Taranto, and in 1991 also in South Adriatic using chemical tracers and "spaghetti" tags for the study of growth and ...
‎1996
10
Biodiversity in Enclosed Seas and Artificial Marine ...
In their highly influential 'Nouveau manuel', Pe ́re`s & Picard (1964) placed this boundary somewhere in the mid Ionian Sea, thus including the whole Sicily, Calabria and the Gulf of Taranto in the western Mediterranean (Fig.1, line i).
Giulio Relini, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GULF OF TARANTO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Gulf of Taranto is used in the context of the following news items.
1
DRONE CAPTURES UNIQUE VIEW OF ANCIENT ITALIAN GHOST …
Craco is about 2 miles inland from the Gulf of Taranto at the instep of the “boot” of Italy. It is very much like many of the hill towns of the region ... «Sky Valley Chronicle, May 15»
2
Trip to offer 'Highlights of Sicily and Southern Italy'
Enjoy a spectacular drive south along the Gulf of Taranto before heading inland to Reggio Calabria. Cross the Strait of Messina by Ferry and ... «Seacoastonline.com, Dec 14»
3
Puglia: not down at heel, just rugged good looks
... the Gulf of Taranto to the west. It is unglamorous, under-appreciated, flinty and awkward. Yet peer within, and you glimpse an example of Italy ... «The Independent, Sep 14»
4
Catching the wave of wines from Puglia
Sea breezes blow over the land from three sides -- Adriatic Sea (east), Ionian Sea (southeast), Gulf of Taranto (south) -- and help moderate the ... «The Sun, May 14»
5
Off eaten path: Italy's remote Basilicata holds hidden treasure
... this is where the instep meets the heel – an arid, mountainous, dusty, no-man's land between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Gulf of Taranto. «OCRegister, May 14»
6
Listed: Hauschka's Abandoned Cities
About 25 milesinland from the Gulf of Taranto at the instep of the “boot” of Italy. It is typical of the hill towns of the region with mildly undulating ... «The Arts Desk, Apr 14»
7
Simone Providing Sassuolo's Zaza Zoom
Born in Policoro, on the Gulf of Taranto, Zaza worked his way up through the Atalanta youth system, obviously marked for success. He made a ... «Forza Italian Football, Oct 13»
8
A Mycenaean jug. From the exhibition The John Hugh Sutton …
... just before the city, famous for its luxurious and hedonistic way of life, was destroyed by Croton, its neighbour in the Gulf of Taranto. The city ... «The Australian, Aug 13»
9
Italy: AOP Armonia adds emotion to fruit with the Sweetness concept
... packages), a new variety of later clementine and the new girsac band designed for PGI clementines of the Gulf of Taranto (photo below right). «FreshPlaza, Feb 13»
10
Shell Taps Demand for Domestic Resources in Southern Europe
Shell also won two exploration licenses in the Gulf of Taranto off the coast of Italy in 2010. “Italy is an emerging, interesting producer for us,” ... «Bloomberg, Oct 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Gulf of Taranto [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/gulf-of-taranto>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z