Cremona

[ kri-moh-nuh; Italian kre-maw-nah ]

noun

1. a city in N Italy, on the Po River.
2. one of a class of violins of superior quality made there during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.

Cremona

/ kreˈmoːna /

noun

1. a city in N Italy, in Lombardy on the River Po: noted for the manufacture of fine violins in the 16th–18th centuries. Pop: 70 887 (2001)

Example Sentences

The instruments, known collectively as Cremonese violins after Cremona, the home of their makers, are some of the most sought-after objects on the planet.

From Popular-Science

A Cremona Violin is, to a rich amateur, a loadstone that is sure to attract the shining metal from the depths of his purse.

From Project Gutenberg

Like pictures, the Cremona Violins are real works of art, and like them also, were once to be had for trifling sums.

From Project Gutenberg

Cremona has lost its most famous names from among its citizens, and with them its most distinguished characteristic.

From Project Gutenberg

It is now about three centuries since there flourished at Cremona its first great violin maker.

From Project Gutenberg

It is not exactly so, but is still very different to the gradual swell on the other Cremona instruments.

From Project Gutenberg