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CAPE PASSERO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A naval battle in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Passero in which the Spanish navy was destroyed by France and England while attempting to recover Sicily and Sardinia from Italy (1719)
Synonyms:
Cape Passero; Passero
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Instance hypernyms:
naval battle (a pitched battle between naval fleets)
Domain region:
Sicilia; Sicily (the largest island in the Mediterranean)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A cape that forms the southeastern corner of the island of Sicily
Synonyms:
Cape Passero; Passero Cape
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
cape; ness (a strip of land projecting into a body of water)
Holonyms ("Cape Passero" is a part of...):
Sicilia; Sicily (the largest island in the Mediterranean)
