Prato

American  

[prah-taw] / ˈprɑ tɔ /

noun

1. a city in central Italy, near Florence.

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Prato British  

/ ˈpraːto /

noun

1. Official name: Prato in Toscana.  a walled city in central Italy, in Tuscany: woollen industry. Pop: 172 499 (2001)

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Example Sentences

The medical technique, known as cold water immersion, is familiar to marathon runners and military service members and has also recently been adopted by Phoenix hospitals as a go-to protocol, said Fire Capt. John Prato.

From Seattle Times

Prato demonstrated the method earlier this week outside the emergency department of Valleywise Health Medical Center in Phoenix, packing ice cubes inside an impermeable blue bag around a medical dummy representing a patient.

From Seattle Times

“Just last week we had a critical patient that we were able to bring back before we walked through the emergency room doors,” Prato said.

From Seattle Times

Standout mountain sections include Stage 8's 152km assault to Prato di Tivo, before three more mid-race tests and a final lung-busting assault up to Bassano del Grappa in the Dolomites on the penultimate stage, which includes two very steep category-one ascents.

From BBC

That's why we went to Italy and we also went to Prato to Ghana to tell a bigger story.

From Salon