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...):