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Cinque Terre

American  
[ching-kwee ter-ey, cheeng-kwe ter-re] / ˈtʃɪŋ kwi ˈtɛr eɪ, ˈtʃiŋ kwɛ ˈtɛr rɛ /

noun

  1. a group of five coastal villages Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore on the Ligurian Sea in NW Italy, near La Spezia.


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We were going to take a train from there to Cinque Terre, while other passengers planned to visit Florence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

Afterwards, travel south to the Cinque Terre villages to enjoy more Liguruan delicacies on the coast.

From National Geographic • Apr. 17, 2023

In 1987, Linda Keenan brought Umberto Eco’s “The Name of the Rose” with her on vacation to Cinque Terre in Italy.

From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2022

Diving into the same Cinque Terre waters where they reveled in their youthful escapades before the tides of life pulled them apart, the duo came full circle.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2021

I could be in the south of Spain, at the beach; I could be in Italy, the Cinque Terre, all those pretty coloured houses and the trains ferrying the tourists back and forth.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

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