rialto

¹

[ree-al-toh]

noun

plural

rialtos 

1. an exchange or mart.

Rialto

²

[ree-al-toh, ree-ahl-taw]

noun

1. a commercial center in Venice, Italy, consisting of an island and the surrounding district.

2. a bridge spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy: constructed of marble in 1590.

3. a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.

4. the theater district of a city or town, especially the area around Broadway in New York City.

Rialto

¹

/ rɪˈæltəʊ /

noun

1. an island in Venice, Italy, linked with San Marco Island by the Rialto Bridge (1590) over the Grand Canal: the business centre of medieval and renaissance Venice

rialto

²

/ rɪˈæltəʊ /

noun

1. a market or exchange

Word History and Origins

Origin of rialto¹

1590–1660; after the Rialto in Venice

Word History and Origins

Origin of rialto¹

C19: after the _Rialto

Example Sentences

A fire tore through a Rialto apartment building Friday night, displacing 16 households, officials said.

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San Bernardino County Fire, which responded to the four-alarm blaze along with the Rialto Fire Department, said in a social media post that “a north wind rapidly pushed fire through the structure,” but it was eventually put out and there were no injuries to either civilians or firefighters.

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Rialto Fire Capt. Jake Ploehn said the Red Cross was working to find the 16 displaced households a “place stay for the near future.”

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Representatives from the Rialto Unified School District didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

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County Superior Court in June said that investigators who had recently gone to the Rialto home of one of the alleged thieves discovered more than two dozen high-end watches that “appeared to match the items” known to have been stolen.

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