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Cassino

American  
[kuh-see-noh, kahs-see-naw] / kəˈsi noʊ, kɑsˈsi nɔ /

noun

  1. a town in SE Latium, in central Italy, NNW of Naples: site of Monte Cassino.

Cassino 1 British  
/ kasˈsiːno /

noun

  1. Latin name: Casinum.  a town in central Italy, in Latium at the foot of Monte Cassino: an ancient Volscian (and later Roman) town and citadel. Pop: 32 762 (2001)

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cassino 2 British  
/ kəˈsiːnəʊ /

noun

  1. a card game for two to four players in which players pair cards from their hands with others exposed on the table

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The letter was delivered to Mr Holland in time for a talk he was giving in his home city about his new book on the war's Italian campaign, Cassino ’44.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2024

He fled agricultural service in Kilmarnock as a teenager to get to Glasgow to enlist as an infantryman before ending up "right in the forefront" of the battle for Monte Cassino.

From BBC • May 31, 2024

After lying about his age in the hopes it would increase his chance of getting residency, Sylla was sent south, to a center for underage migrants in the town of Cassino.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2024

Cassino also predicted that Fox will suffer only a temporary loss of viewers from Carlson’s coveted 8 p.m. time slot.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2023

Most intensely, however, did we delight in the beauties of the glorious ascent to Monte Cassino and in all that we saw there.

From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.

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