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

Sometimes remembered as the "D-Day Dodgers", in reference to their role away from Normandy, men in Italy faced brutal conditions as they battled to take Monte Cassino and dislodge enemy soldiers.

From BBC • May 31, 2024

Each episode is titled for a location — Radom, Warsaw and Siberia, but also Casablanca, Monte Cassino and Rio de Janeiro.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2024

“They’re already assuming he’s toast,” said Daniel Cassino, executive director of the Fairleigh Dickinson University poll.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2023

I do not think I ever attended such a series of prolonged and stately church functions as during the week of our sojourn at Monte Cassino.

From A New Medley of Memories by Hunter-Blair, David