Sorrento

American  

[suh-ren-toh, sawr-ren-taw] / səˈrɛn toʊ, sɔrˈrɛn tɔ /

noun

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

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Sorrento British  

/ səˈrɛntəʊ, sorˈrɛnto /

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)

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Other Word Forms

• Sorrentine adjective

Example Sentences

Sorrento Therapeutics CEO Henry Ji lost his when the drugmaker filed for bankruptcy-court protection in 2023 after an arbitration award over a failed collaboration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

The woman’s maroon Kia Sorrento had been stolen, and the department sent the license plate number to surrounding jurisdictions in the hope of finding the suspect and the vehicle, police said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2025

A trip in 2023 to Sorrento, on the Italian coast, was a major catalyst for starting weight-loss injections last June.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2025

Fanning out all around are several hundred pastel — and almost entirely empty — terraced buildings lining streets named Venice, Amalfi, Positano and Sorrento.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2023

Sorrento sat down behind his desk and offered me the chair directly across from him.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline