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Cro⋅to⋅ne

[kruh-toh-nee; It. kraw-taw-ne]
–noun
a city in S Italy; ancient Greek colony. 60,500.
Formerly, Cro⋅to⋅na [kruh-toh-nuh; It. kraw-taw-nah] .
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Cro·to·ne   (krə-tō'nē, krō-tō'ně)   
A city of southern Italy on the Ionian Sea northeast of Reggio di Calabria. It was founded c. 708 B.C. as a colony of Magna Graecia and reached the height of its power after 510 B.C. Population: 60,700.
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