grosso

American  

[groh-soh] / ˈgroʊ soʊ /

adjective

1. a silver coin minted first in Venice in the 1193 and later in other Italian cities, known for its purity in metal content and widely used for trade.

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Example Sentences

Amazonas neighbors Mato Grosso state, Brazil’s largest producer of soybeans and a major fertilizer consumer—some 400 miles away through dense rainforest, but still closer than Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal

Trucks already haul Mato Grosso’s harvest north to river barges bound for ports on Brazil’s Atlantic coast.

From The Wall Street Journal

Amadeo Grosso, manager of Posillipo in Faversham, Kent, said he believed the problem was getting worse.

From BBC

Alpecin-Deceuninck's Tibor del Grosso had broken clear of the leaders and looked set for victory, only for Brennan to set off in pursuit and reel him in at the last.

From BBC

Eddie Egan, whom Hackman and costar Roy Scheider, in preparing for the film, accompanied on his rounds of heroin “shooting galleries” with his detective partner, Sonny Grosso.

From Los Angeles Times