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

From National Geographic • Apr. 17, 2023

Diving into the same Cinque Terre waters where they reveled in their youthful escapades before the tides of life pulled them apart, the duo came full circle.

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

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