rialto

¹

[ ree-al-toh ]

noun

, plural ri·al·tos.

1. an exchange or mart.

Rialto

²

[ ree-al-toh; Italian ree-ahl-taw ]

noun

1. a commercial center in Venice, Italy, consisting of an island and the surrounding district.
2. a bridge spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy: constructed of marble in 1590.
3. a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
4. the theater district of a city or town, especially the area around Broadway in New York City.

Rialto

¹

/ rɪˈæltəʊ /

noun

1. an island in Venice, Italy, linked with San Marco Island by the Rialto Bridge (1590) over the Grand Canal: the business centre of medieval and renaissance Venice

rialto

²

/ rɪˈæltəʊ /

noun

1. a market or exchange

Word History and Origins

Origin of rialto¹

1590–1660; after the Rialto in Venice

Word History and Origins

Origin of rialto¹

C19: after the Rialto

Example Sentences

Available at Neiman Marcus Rialto Jeans, $245  These jeans are truly wearable art.

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At Rialto, my focus is Italian and I use asparagus a million ways on my spring menus.

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In 1994, she opened Rialto with partners Michele Larson and Karen Haskell.

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Upon opening Rialto, the Boston Globe quickly awarded the restaurant four stars, the newspaper's highest rating.

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Food Destination The market at Rialto, in Venice, is the Guggenheim of food.

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Gaiety, noise and life are the characteristics of each, whether one is at San Marco or on the Rialto.

From Project Gutenberg

In beauty the Rialto falls far short of most of the bridges of Venice.

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People have come mostly to speak of the Rialto as though it was the bridge only.

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From this point a fondamenta runs all the way to the Rialto bridge.

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The pliant gondola obeyed, and amid a shout which passed from the Piazzetta to the Rialto, it glided ahead.

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