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 • 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

My husband died in Rome, in the prison of Regina Coeli, a few months after we left the Abruzzi.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 22, 2019

Eventually, he ran into Roskelley and Ridgeway, who had crossed over to attempt what would be their own successful climb to the top of K2 on the Abruzzi route that day.

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