Abruzzi

American  

[uh-broot-see, ah-broot-tsee] / əˈbrut si, ɑˈbrut tsi /

noun

1. Duke of the Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta, 1873–1933, Italian naval officer, mountain climber, and Arctic explorer.

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Abruzzi British  

/ aˈbruttso, aˈbruttsi /

noun

1. a region of S central Italy, between the Apennines and the Adriatic. Capital: Aquila. Pop: 1 273 284 (2003 est). Area: 10 794 sq km (4210 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

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

Yet last Saturday, when 10 mountaineers left Camp 4 on the Abruzzi Ridge in minus-70 degree Fahrenheit weather and pushed toward K2’s summit, every one of them was Nepali.

From New York Times

It had been decided before their arrival that all the climbers at base camp would follow the standard Abruzzi route that winter.

From New York Times

To reach K2’s summit, the team endured temperatures in excess of -58 degrees Fahrenheit and gale-force winds while ascending the Abruzzi Spur on the mountain’s southern flank.

From National Geographic

I had never encountered “Winter in Abruzzi” until I read about it in “The New Calm,” a recent New Yorker piece by Maggie Nelson about her experience of the pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times