CORSO

/ (ˈkɔːsəʊ) /

n acronym for (in New Zealand)

Council of Organizations for Relief Services Overseas

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Words nearby CORSO

corsetry, corsey, Corsica, Corsican, Corsicana, CORSO, cort., cortadito, Cortázar, Cortef, cortege

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Example sentences from the Web for CORSO

Corso Como also picked up the last collections, as well as 15 other stores worldwide.
The Last "Real" Couture House|Liza Foreman|March 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Red carpets line the Corso Vannucci, the main thoroughfare that slices through the historic center, for the Perugia Film Festival.
Judgment Day for Knox|Barbie Latza Nadeau|October 3, 2011|DAILY BEAST
They muster in especial force on the Pincio, but the Corso all day is thronged with them.
Italian Hours|Henry James
It was the meeting-place of the poor and the wretched, a corso of humanity at its worst.
In the Foreign Legion|Erwin Rosen

The Corso is the principal promenade of the Romans, and possesses many points of interest.
Rambles in Rome|S. Russell Forbes
He avoided the Corso; for he did not know whom he might meet, and he had no desire to meet any one, except Angelo Reanda.
Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2)|F. Marion Crawford
They had passed through one of the narrow streets that lead from the Corso towards the river and were come into the Ripetta.
Olive in Italy|Moray Dalton

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