Sardinia

American  

[sahr-din-ee-uh, -din-yuh] / sɑrˈdɪn i ə, -ˈdɪn jə /

noun

1. a large island in the Mediterranean, W of Italy: with small nearby islands it comprises a department of Italy. 9,301 sq. mi. (24,090 sq. km).

2. a former kingdom 1720–1860, including this island and Savoy, Piedmont, and Genoa (after 1815) in NW Italy: ruled by the House of Savoy. Turin.

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Sardinia British  

/ sɑːˈdɪnɪə /

noun

1. Italian name: Sardegna.  the second-largest island in the Mediterranean: forms, with offshore islands, an administrative region of Italy; ceded to Savoy by Austria in 1720 in exchange for Sicily and formed the Kingdom of Sardinia with Piedmont; became part of Italy in 1861. Capital: Cagliari. Pop: 1 637 639 (2003 est). Area: 24 089 sq km (9301 sq miles)

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Sardinia Cultural  

1. Italian island in the Mediterranean Sea west of the mainland of Italy.

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The kingdom of Sardinia, which was founded in the early eighteenth century, became the nucleus of united Italy during the nineteenth century.

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In Operation Mincemeat, the British planted a corpse with fake top-secret documents implying an Allied invasion of Greece and Sardinia to provide cover for their Sicily campaign.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

The France forward was given time off last week and decided to travel to Sardinia during his recovery period.

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

Adrien Rabiot set up Leao who fired past Elia Caprile after 50 minutes in Sardinia.

From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026

In places like Okinawa, Sardinia and Loma Linda, the so-called Blue Zones where people often live past 100, no one really retires.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 25, 2025

The settlement of the world’s remaining islands was not completed until modern times: Mediterranean islands such as Crete, Cyprus, Corsica, and Sardinia between about 8500 and 4000 B.C.;

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond