or Terra d'Otranto, a province of Italy in the kingdom of Naples; bounded on the north by the Terra di Bari and by the gulph of Venice, on the east by the same gulph, and on the south and west by a great bay which is between that and the Basilicata. It is a mountainous country, abounding in figs, olives, and wine. It is often visited by locusts, and by Algerine pirates, who carry off all the people they can catch into slavery. But to keep them off, there are a great many forts on the coasts.

a city of Italy, in the kingdom of Naples, and capital of the province of the same name, with a commodious harbour, an archbishop's see, and a strong citadel where the archbishop resides. It was taken by the Turks in 1480, who did a great deal of mischief; and it has frequently suffered much from the Algerines. It is a large handsome place, seated on the gulph of Venice, in E. Long. 18° 35'. N. Lat. 40° 21'.