Abruzzi
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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A decade later, Sella reached new heights - both literally and artistically - on a 1909 expedition to K2 with the Duke of the Abruzzi.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2025
Rudolph Phillip Lamone, son of Italian immigrant parents from Abruzzi, was born in Wellsburg, W.Va., on Dec. 20, 1931.
From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2023
When she was living in the Abruzzi, he sent her a postcard: “Dear Natalia, stop having children and write a book.”
From The New Yorker • Jul. 22, 2019
The Abruzzi approach is the one used by the Italians in the first successful summit of K2 in 1954 and by far the most common way to finish K2.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2018
That night at the mess 1 sat next to the priest and he was disap-pointed and suddenly hurt that I had not gone to the Abruzzi.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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