Sardinia

American  

[sahr-din-ee-uh, -din-yuh] / sɑrˈdɪn i ə, -ˈdɪn yə /

noun

1. a large island in the Mediterranean, W of Italy: with small nearby islands it comprises a department of Italy. 9,301 sq. mi. (24,090 sq. km).

2. a former kingdom 1720–1860, including this island and Savoy, Piedmont, and Genoa (after 1815) in NW Italy: ruled by the House of Savoy. Turin.

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Sardinia British  

/ sɑːˈdɪnɪə /

noun

1. Italian name: Sardegna.  the second-largest island in the Mediterranean: forms, with offshore islands, an administrative region of Italy; ceded to Savoy by Austria in 1720 in exchange for Sicily and formed the Kingdom of Sardinia with Piedmont; became part of Italy in 1861. Capital: Cagliari. Pop: 1 637 639 (2003 est). Area: 24 089 sq km (9301 sq miles)

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Sardinia Cultural  

1. Italian island in the Mediterranean Sea west of the mainland of Italy.

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The kingdom of Sardinia, which was founded in the early eighteenth century, became the nucleus of united Italy during the nineteenth century.

Example Sentences

The other two are in Sardinia, and are earmarked for closure in 2028-2029, once the island is electrically linked to the mainland via a new submarine cable.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

In places like Okinawa, Sardinia and Loma Linda, the so-called Blue Zones where people often live past 100, no one really retires.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 25, 2025

The story is that at the end of the “Three Lock Box” tour, I took my family on a wonderful vacation to Egypt, Africa, Sardinia, all these gorgeous places.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2025

Mr Frison, who grew up in Bristol, had gone to Sardinia to celebrate his 25th birthday with relatives.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2024

To some, the multimillion-dollar party that Kozlowski gave on Sardinia to celebrate his wife’s birthday—replete with a vodka-spewing ice sculpture fashioned after Michelangelo’s David—was a modern echo of the lavish celebrations of the Gilded Age.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times