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.

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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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Example Sentences

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

He was addressing Polish troops in Krakow, in the south, to mark 80 years since the allied victory in the Battle of Monte Cassino against the Nazis, during World War II.

From Seattle Times • May 18, 2024

At the time of his death, he was working on an action movie, Cassino in Ischia.

From BBC • May 22, 2023

“It’s saying, ‘I am the victim here, so everyone should rally behind me,’ ” Cassino said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2023

Having received his elementary education at the monastery of Monte Cassino, he studied for six years at the university of Naples, leaving it in his sixteenth year.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various