Amalfi

/ (əˈmælfɪ) /

noun

a town in Italy: a major Mediterranean port from the 10th to the 18th century, now a resort

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decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.

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Example sentences from the Web for amalfi

Schettino has been in Meta di Sorrento near the Amalfi Coast since being released on house arrest last Tuesday.
Costa Concordia Mess Widens With Salvage Team, Criminal Probe|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
As the audience enters, the diaphanous curtains onstage are gently blowing in the breezes of the Amalfi coast.
Tennessee Williams' Forgotten Masterpiece|Janice Kaplan|January 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST
My grandmother is from Naples so I spent every summer of my childhood traveling between Capri, Sorrento, and the Amalfi Coast.
Fresh Picks|Marisa May|January 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST
It was hardly twenty miles from Amalfi to Sorrento, but it took four hours to drive there.
The Sunbonnet Babies in Italy|Eulalie Osgood Grover

The tragedy of the ruin of Amalfi is related by Petrarca, who was then living in Naples.
Italy, the Magic Land|Lilian Whiting
Beaches there are none, save at three or four points in the long distance to Amalfi; few fishermen dwell on this barren coast.
Naples Past and Present|Arthur H. Norway
The ship had gone up abreast of Amalfi, and so close in as to be less than a mile from the shore.
The Wing-and-Wing|J. Fenimore Cooper
It is here that Flavio Gioja dwelt, by whom, as is boasted at Amalfi, the mariner's compass was given to the world.
Naples Past and Present|Arthur H. Norway

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