GELA

jāˈlä, city (1991 pop. 61,319), S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is a port, industrial center, and seaside resort. Petrochemicals are produced nearby, and petroleum is refined in the city. Much cotton is grown in Gela's hinterland. The city was founded c.688 b.c. by Greek colonists from Crete and Rhodes and soon flourished, founding (c.580 b.c.) Acragas (the later Agrigento). It attained its greatest prosperity under the tyrants Hippocrates and Gelon in the 5th cent. b.c. However, the city was sacked by Carthage in 405 b.c. and never fully recovered. In 282 b.c., Mamertine mercenaries (see Messina) destroyed the city, and Phintias, tyrant of Acragas, resettled the inhabitants in the new city of Phintias (now Licata). In a necropolis near Gela, Greek vases and other objects have been found; excavations (begun in 1901) have uncovered the ancient Greek wall of Gela (5th–4th cent. b.c.) and two temples. The modern city was founded by Emperor Frederick II in 1230; until 1927 it was known as Terranova di Sicilia. In World War II, Gela was a landing point (July, 1943) for the Allied invasion of Sicily.

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The Western Greeks: The History of Sicily and South Italy from the Foundation of the Greek Colonies to 480 B.C
Book by T. J. Dunbabin; Clarendon Press, 1948
Subjects: Greece--Colonies--Italy
...The agreement of the burial methods of Gela and the Geloan country-side with those...feeling, proves that the population of Gela remained Rhodian throughout the archaic...pithos to let a babys corpse in, at both Gela and Ialysos, are peculiar to Rhodes and...
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The Archaeology of Ancient Sicily
Book by R. Ross Holloway; Routledge, 2000
Subjects: Antiquities, Prehistoric--Italy--Sicily, Excavations (Archaeology)--Italy--Sicily, Sicily (Italy)--Antiquities, Sicily (Italy)--Civilization--Greek Influences
...53 63 Syracuse, early street plan 54 64 Gela, plan. 1 Acropolis, 2 Predio Sola, 3...Station, 5 Santa Maria dellAlemanna 56 65 Gela Museum, terracotta model of shrine from Predio Sola 57 66 Gela Museum, terracotta figurine from Predio...
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Greek Identity in the Western Mediterranean: Papers in Honour of Brian Shefton
Book by Kathryn Lomas; Brill, 2004
Subjects: Greeks--Western Mediterranean--Ethnic Identity--History--To 1500, Pottery, Greek--Western Mediterranean
...transferred to Phintias all the survivors of Gela, who were with- out a homeland after...mercenary troops in the territories of Gela and Camarina. When the army of Phintias...complete destruction of the surviving ruins of Gela (see Diodorus 22.2.2). This act...
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Greek Cities in Italy and Sicily
Book by David Randall-MacIver; The Clarendon Press, 1931
Subjects: Greece--Colonies--Italy, Greece--Colonies--Italy--Sicily, Italy--Description And Travel, Sicily (Italy)--Description And Travel, Syracuse (Italy)--History
the tyrants of Gela made war equally without compunction on...whom we know unfortunately very little, Gela was evidently seeking to develop her power...that destroyed the ambitious hopes of Gela. His deportation to Syracuse of all the...
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Relational Grammar
Book by Barry J. Blake; Routledge, 1990
Subjects: Relational Grammar
...plural number marker (Harris 1984b:268): 48 Turme s uden ebs gamougzavniat gela. apparently students:dat sent:him:evid:3pl Gela Apparently the students sent Gela. 49 Turme gelas gamougzavnia s uden ebi. apparently Gela-dat sent:him...
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Genetic Evidence for a Spo1-dependent Signaling Pathway Controlling Meiotic Progression in Yeast
Journal article by Gela G. Tevzadze, Jessica V. Pierce, Rochelle Easton Esposito1; Genetics, Vol. 175, 2007
Subjects: Cell division, E coli, Genetic recombination, Kinases, Lysophospholipase, Proteins, SPO1 protein, S cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Yeast
Genetic Evidence for a Spo1-dependent Signaling Pathway Controlling Meiotic Progression in Yeast by Gela G. Tevzadze , Jessica V. Pierce , Rochelle Easton Esposito1 THE unicellular eukaryote Saccharomyces cerevisiae undergoes gametogenesis...
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Linguistic Evidence for the Introduction of Ironworking into Bantu-speaking Africa
Journal article by Jan Vansina; History In Africa, Vol. 33, 2006
...from "to strain" and ^sup o^-gela "iron" from "to flow." The verb...first of these three words is ^sup o^-gela 7 "iron." Guthrie (CS 800) de Maret...distributions they posited that ^sup o^-gela was the initial word for iron in Bantu...
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Southeast Solomonic: A View from Possessive Constructions
Journal article by Frantisek Lichtenberk; Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 49, 2010
Subjects: Austronesian languages--Research, Blust, Robert--Works, Linguists--Works
...Southeast Solomonic. They call the two subroups Bugotu/Gela/Guadalcanal and Longgu/Malaita/ Makira, respectively...the possessive suffix. This is shown in (1) from Gela: (5) <pre (1) GELA <br/ mata-miu <br/ eye-2pl.poss <br/ your...
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Violence, Sacrifice and Chiefship in Central Equatoria, Southern Sudan
Journal article by Cherry Leonardi; Africa, Vol. 77, 2007
Subjects: Community leadership--Models, Equatoria, Sudan--History, Law enforcement--Methods, Racial violence--Case studies, Tribal leaders--Powers and duties
...century and a half. THE SPLA AND THE CHIEFS: THE GELA OF THE BUSH AND THE MATATLO GELA The question of local civil administration in SPLA...placed them in the familiar historical category of gela, in the Bari language spoken by the Kakwa. The...
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Morphological Conditions on Regular Sound Change? A Reanalysis of * L-Loss in Paamese and Southeast Ambrym
Journal article by Juliette Blevins, John Lynch; Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 48, 2009
Subjects: Austronesian languages--Analysis, Grammar, Comparative and general--Phonology, Grammar, Comparative and general--Research, Historical linguistics--Research, Phonology--Research
...vowel, zero reflex alete aete flat place gela kea s/he crawled melau meau megapode...in Northern Paamese verbs: compare sPAA gela, nPAA keaa < sup.N*karaka climb...Southeast Ambrym verbs: compare SEA kea (sPAA gela, nPAA keaa) < sup.N*karaka climb...
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Calm Seas, Rough Times: the Diary of a Fleet Tug Sailor's War
Magazine article by Gerard C. Rozettt, Phil Koury; Sea Classics, Vol. 33, May 2000
...for Bizerte. We made a fast run east to Gela, where we expected to get water. I met Ed Gallagher on the NARRAGANSET, which is at Gela. They are short on water, too. A liberty...somewhere. 8/4/43-Underway at 0445 from Gela to Licata. At noon we set sail from Licata...
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Mare Nostrum: PC Sub Chasers in Action in Europe
Magazine article by William Veigele; Sea Classics, Vol. 34, January 2001
...wasting a valuable torpedo. THE FIRST SHOT FIRED AT GELA In the darkness before dawn at Gela, Sicily, on 9 July 1943, the PC627 inched toward...Whitcomb with firing the first shot of the invasion of Gela. PCs FIGHT AT SICILY The day following the invasion...
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He Would Have
Magazine article by John W. Wozny; Army, Vol. 53, November 2003
Subjects: Heroism & heroes, Military personnel, Personal profiles, Shelby, John D
...Infantrys successes in North Africa led to Gen. George Pattons request for its services for the invasion of Sicily. It was in Gela, Sicily, on July 11, 1943, that John D. Shelby got his first Distinguished Service Cross. Considered one of the best mortar...
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The Sicily Campaign: Recollections of an Infantry Company Commander / the Big Red One at D-day: 6 June 1944
Magazine article by Roger Cirillo; Army, Vol. 53, July 2003
Subjects: Invasions, Military deployment, Military engagements, Military history, Military personnel, Nonfiction, Smith, Albert H Jr, World War II
...at Operation Husky during which the 1st Division made its second combat amphibious landing of World War II near the village of Gela, Sicily. Most interesting in this volume are Smiths campaign reminiscences of his time commanding Company L, 16th Infantry...
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2005 Readers' Choice Awards
Magazine article; The Advocate, November 8, 2005
Subjects: Airports--Achievements and awards, Awards (Prizes), Hotels and motels--Achievements and awards, Travel industry--Achievements and awards, Travel--Achievements and awards
...places in the world, even if she doesnt know it herself. But Italy is still full of surprises: The Mafia-infested town of Gela in southern Sicily has an out (and Communist) mayor. Viva Italia! SILVER France Who could resist the country that gave us...
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THE GODMOTHER Cold-Blooded Murders, Extortion Rackets.And a Housewife from Rochdale. the Extraordinary Truth about Howan English Girl Went to Italy as a Dancer - and Ended Up Running One of Sicily's Most Murderous Mafia Families; Articles
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 13, 2007
...Ann Hathaway spent her childhood, and Gela, the remote industrial outpost on Sicilys...pistol, Rinzivillo was feared throughout Gela and the surrounding region when he was...In 1982, they fled Milan and moved to Gela, but Rinzivillos return to Sicily only...
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Living the High Life
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), August 17, 2011
...has spent five years building a house in Gela, high in the mountains: polished concrete...by building regulations. The village of Gela is about 1,500m above sea level and is...destinations of being attractive in all seasons. Gela is blazingly hot (30 degrees centigrade...
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This Lot Are the Toast of the Art World
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), October 7, 2008
...favourite icons - with some spectacular results Gela Best, 28, of Adamsdown, works at Kemis...to dreamup some decorative designs. Gela said: "This is the first time Ive tried...Swingler and PA; Joe Benedito; James Lee; Gela Best; Ian Coates
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The Razz: Interview: The Wedding Band; Duran Duran Heart-Throb John Taylor Reckons Being Back with the Rest of the Eighties Superstars Is Just like His Second Marriage - a Lot of Hard Work
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), October 15, 2004
Subjects: Taylor, John, Taylor, Roger
...Duran Duran as his second marriage, to Gela Nash-Taylor. The signs are already good...Cadenet, John, 44, is happily married to Gela, co-founder of upmarket tracksuit label...left off. BOYS TO MEN: John and wife Gela, far left, make a great team, just like...
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The Land That Made Orpheus Smile; Sarah Lucas Explores Rural Bulgaria, a Country Rich with Mythology, Folklore - and Bagpipes
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), March 21, 2010
...Luka keeps memories of Orpheus alive in music and dance, nearby Gela claims to be the birthplace of the legendary hero. Its a peaceful...believed to drive away evil spirits HEROS HOME: The village of Gela, birthplace of Orpheus. Left: Sarah with children from the...
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Gela
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GELA ja la, city (1991 pop. 61,319), S Sicily...Phintias (now Licata). In a necropolis near Gela, Greek vases and other objects have been...have uncovered the ancient Greek wall of Gela (5th 4th cent. b.c.) and two temples...
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Terranova Di Sicilia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TERRANOVA DI SICILIA see Gela , Italy. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Aeschylus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Aeschylus fought at Marathon and at Salamis. In 476 b.c. he went to Sicily to live at the court of Hiero I, and he died at Gela. He wrote perhaps 90 plays (7 survive in full) and won 13 first prizes at the Greater Dionysia, the spring dramatic festival...
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Syracuse , City, Italy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Syracuse grew rapidly and soon founded colonies of its own. Its democratic government was suppressed by Gelon , tyrant of Gela, who took possession of the city in 485 b.c. Under his rule, marked by a great victory (480 b.c.) over Carthage at...
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Sicily
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...east and southeast coasts Greeks founded (8th 6th cent. b.c.) such cities as Syracuse , Catania , Zancle (now Messina ), Gela , and Selinus and settled in older towns like Segesta . The Greek cities flourished and in turn founded such cities as Acragas...
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