Monte Corno

[mawn-te kawr-naw]

noun

1. a mountain in central Italy: highest peak in the Apennines, 9,585 feet (2,922 meters).

Monte Corno

/ ˈmonte ˈkorno /

noun

1. See (Monte) Corno

Example Sentences

Seen from the Adriatic, Monte Corno, as it is sometimes called, from its resemblance to a horn, affords a magnificent spectacle; the Alpine region beneath its summit is still the home of the wild boar, and here and there are dense woods of beech and pine.

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Between Monte Spil and Monte Corno they completed capture of the trenches still left in Austrian hands after the fighting of September 7, 1916.

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In the Vallarsa, Adige Valley, on the evening of September 7, 1916, strong Austrian detachments after an intense bombardment attacked Italian positions between Monte Spil and Monte Corno.

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After several attempts, Alpine troops reached the summit of Monte Corno, northwest of the Pasubio.

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On the Pasubio front the Italians captured positions north of Monte Corno, but the Austrians succeeded in obtaining partial repossession of them by a violent counterattack.

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