Maggiore

[ muh-jawr-ee, -johr-ee; Italian mahd-jaw-re ]

noun

1. Lake, a lake in N Italy and S Switzerland. 83 sq. mi. (215 sq. km).

Maggiore

/ madˈdʒore; ˌmædʒɪˈɔːrɪ /

noun

1. Lake Maggiore
   a lake in N Italy and S Switzerland, in the S Lepontine Alps

Example Sentences

Clarissa in her villa on Lake Maggiore was bored, so she wrote to Nancy to come and stay with her.

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Arona, an ancient Italian town near the south extremity of Lago Maggiore.

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Maria Maggiore in what was then a lonely and dangerous neighbourhood, though not very far from the Lateran Church and palace.

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Its chief open square is the Piazza Maggiore, as fine an old Italian square as can be found anywhere.

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Thence a branch line would take me to Locarno and into touch with the steamboat service on Lake Maggiore.

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