Cinque Terre

American  

[ching-kwee ter-ey, cheeng-kwe ter-re] / ˈtʃɪŋ kwi ˈtɛr eɪ, ˈtʃiŋ kwɛ ˈtɛr rɛ /

noun

1. a group of five coastal villages Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore on the Ligurian Sea in NW Italy, near La Spezia.

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Example Sentences

Afterwards, travel south to the Cinque Terre villages to enjoy more Liguruan delicacies on the coast.

From National Geographic • Apr. 17, 2023

Formative, and transformative, their kinship endured, though in physical absentia, even after their splendid summer days of boyhood buoyancy in the Cinque Terre region ended.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2021

While some may dream of the south of France or Italy’s Cinque Terre, for his summer sojourn Fox News host Tucker Carlson chose the Hungarian capital, Budapest.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2021

Most challenging, and rewarding, was the Cinque Terre trek.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2016

I could be in the south of Spain, at the beach; I could be in Italy, the Cinque Terre, all those pretty coloured houses and the trains ferrying the tourists back and forth.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins