| 单词 | the heel of italy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe heel of Italy 12. More fully the heel of Italy. The peninsular part of the region of Apulia in south-eastern Italy. Cf. toe n. 4f. [From the resemblance of Italy on maps to a tall, high-heeled boot.] ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Italy > [noun] > southern Italy > heel or toe of Italy the heel of Italy1658 the toe of Italy1941 1658 T. Bancroft Time's out of Tune xiv. 101 That head-city that is said to be Seated about the heel of Italy. 1717 G. Berkeley Jrnls. Trav. Italy 31 May in Wks. (1955) VII. 290 No mountains in the heel of Italy. 1797 Crit. Rev. Sept. 34 From Cape di Leuca, the uttermost point of the heel of Italy, the author turned his steps again towards Naples. 1869 G. Rawlinson Man. Anc. Hist. 335 The heel of Italy (Iapygia). 1890 Chautauquan May 1890 Taranto, lying between the two peninsulas, between the heel and the toe, was not held to be in Italy. 1940 Times 8 Nov. 4/1 They are also within striking distance of..the sea between the heel of Italy and Albania. 2006 Independent 26 Sept. (Extra section) 5/1 Puglia sits right on Italy's heel. 2013 Daily Tel. 13 Sept. 36/3 Forces which raced 40 miles across the north of the heel from Taranto captured another big naval base at Brindisi. < as lemmas |
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