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Palermo.

A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Palermo and the region of Sicily, Italy.

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name/pəˈlɜː(ɹ)məʊ//pəˈlɛə(ɹ)məʊ/
  1. A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Palermo and the region of Sicily, Italy.

  2. A metropolitan city in Sicily, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Palermo.

  3. A former province of Sicily, Italy.

    historical
  4. A large neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

  5. A place in the United States: A census-designated place in Butte County, California.

  6. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Doniphan County, Kansas.

  7. A place in the United States: A town in Waldo County, Maine.

  8. A place in the United States: A town in Oswego County, New York.

  9. A place in the United States: A minor city in Mountrail County, North Dakota.

  10. A habitational surname

Where this word comes from

From Italian Palermo, from Sicilian Palermu, from Arabic بَلَرْم (Balarm), from Latin Panormus, from Ancient Greek Πάνορμος (Pánormos), from πᾰν- (păn-, “all”) + ὅρμος (hórmos, “port”) for its natural harbor.

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