Portofino

[pawr-tuh-fee-noh, pohr-, pawr-taw-fee-naw]

noun

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

Example Sentences

Last week, they celebrated their 18th wedding anniversary with a trip on the Orient Express from Paris, where they met in 2005, to La Cervara in Portofino, where they held their wedding ceremony, in a medieval monastery.

From BBC

The Bayesian sank near the town of Portofino on 19 August of last year during freak weather, with reports of water spouts.

From BBC

Enjoy an Italian meal at La Condo Portofino At the end of the day, I’ll have dinner at one of my favorite restaurants, La Condo Portofino on Montana Avenue.

From Los Angeles Times

The complaint accuses Holmes of stealing money meant for affordable housing and spending it on personal expenses — including a $46,000-a-month rental home in Beverly Hills, Louis Vuitton and Chanel handbags and a $5,000 monthly lease for a Ferrari Portofino — and taking out loans against Shangri-La properties to cover up his alleged embezzlement.

From Los Angeles Times

For the next hour, the crew hauled the ropes until the 28 sails were billowing in the wind, propelling the 452-foot-long ship — the world’s largest passenger sailing vessel on which the sails are raised by hand — toward its first port of call, Portofino, Italy.

From New York Times