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Portofino

American  
[pawr-tuh-fee-noh, pohr-, pawr-taw-fee-naw] / ˌpɔr təˈfi noʊ, ˌpoʊr-, ˌpɔr tɔˈfi nɔ /

noun

  1. a village in NW Italy, SE of Genoa: tourist resort.


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Nicole Kidman sat poolside with another in Portofino.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

It opens in Portofino, the Italian town where the actor Richard Burton first proposed to her - and where she spent four of her eight honeymoons.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

Backed by the French conglomerate Accor, the service will emphasize design and fine dining, and will take visitors to places like Palermo, Portofino, Rome and Siena.

From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2024

The couple exchanged “I dos” during an intimate wedding ceremony in Portofino, Italy, in May 2022.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2023

In the summer the path from Portofino is pleasant enough, but at any other time it is almost impassable.

From Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition by Edward Hutton

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