Castellammare di stabia
noun
a port and resort in SW Italy, in Campania on the Bay of Naples: site of the Roman resort of Stabiae, which was destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 ad Pop: 66 929 (2001)
Contemporary Examples
Schettino, 52, was born in the Mafia enclave of castellammare di stabia, south of Naples.
Francesco Schettino, the Costa Concordia’s Daredevil Captain Barbie Latza Nadeau January 17, 2012
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- Castellanos
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- Castellated
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