Como
Americannoun
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Lake, a lake in N Italy, in Lombardy. 35 miles (56 km) long; 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
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a city at the SW end of this lake.
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Example Sentences
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It showed that the amount of water the lakes have added was about double the volume of Italy’s Lake Como.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Como 1907 may well boast the richest owners in Italian football - where's the romance in that, you ask - but they are hardly steeped in Serie A heritage.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
“EPA’s 2024 rule was an important and overdue step to reduce toxic ethylene oxide pollution and protect communities,” said Irena Como, senior attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center, in a statement Friday.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
Paul married Danish model Nina Agdal in a lavish wedding in Lake Como, Italy, in August 2025.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
On a visit to the famous dinosaur fields of Como Bluff, Wyoming, he failed to notice the bones that were, in the words of one historian, "lying everywhere like logs."
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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