Cassino

American  

[kuh-see-noh, kahs-see-naw] / kəˈsi noʊ, kɑsˈsi nɔ /

noun

1. a town in SE Latium, in central Italy, NNW of Naples: site of Monte Cassino.

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Cassino ¹ British  

/ kasˈsiːno /

noun

1. Latin name: Casinum.  a town in central Italy, in Latium at the foot of Monte Cassino: an ancient Volscian (and later Roman) town and citadel. Pop: 32 762 (2001)

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cassino ² British  

/ kəˈsiːnəʊ /

noun

1. a card game for two to four players in which players pair cards from their hands with others exposed on the table

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Example Sentences

The letter was delivered to Mr Holland in time for a talk he was giving in his home city about his new book on the war's Italian campaign, Cassino ’44.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2024

He fled agricultural service in Kilmarnock as a teenager to get to Glasgow to enlist as an infantryman before ending up "right in the forefront" of the battle for Monte Cassino.

From BBC • May 31, 2024

He was addressing Polish troops in Krakow, in the south, to mark 80 years since the allied victory in the Battle of Monte Cassino against the Nazis, during World War II.

From Seattle Times • May 18, 2024

“It’s saying, ‘I am the victim here, so everyone should rally behind me,’ ” Cassino said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2023

De Lignamine, who was physician to Pope Sixtus IV., says that he found this MS. in the library of the monastery of Monte Cassino.

From The Old English Herbals by Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair