Sorrento

[ suh-ren-toh; Italian sawr-ren-taw ]

noun

1. a seaport in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: resort; cathedral; ancient ruins.

Sorrento

/ sorˈrɛnto; səˈrɛntəʊ /

noun

1. a port in SW Italy, in Campania on a mountainous peninsula between the Bay of Naples and the Gulf of Salerno: a resort since Roman times. Pop: 16 536 (2001)

Other Words From

• Sor·ren·tine [sawr, -, uh, n-teen, s, uh, -, ren, -teen], adjective

Example Sentences

Schettino has been in Meta di Sorrento near the Amalfi Coast since being released on house arrest last Tuesday.

From The Daily Beast

Meanwhile, Schettino is enjoying the relative comfort of house arrest in the confines of his family home in Meta di Sorrento.

From The Daily Beast

Indeed, they take place from Sorrento to Venice with disturbing frequency.

From The Daily Beast

My grandmother is from Naples so I spent every summer of my childhood traveling between Capri, Sorrento, and the Amalfi Coast.

From The Daily Beast

I have been desolate since you left Rome, and am looking forward eagerly to seeing you next Sunday at Sorrento.

From Project Gutenberg

Then came romantic days at Sorrento and Florence and those enchanting dream moments in Venice.

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Sorrento is, in summer, a bathing place for such of the Neapolitan high-life population as are not able to get far away from home.

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Sorrento is the great centre for all the charming region bordering upon the southern shore of the Bay of Naples.

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Except for its restricted little business quarter the houses and villas of Sorrento are disposed on the best of garden city plans.

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