Sassari

American  

[sahs-sah-ree] / ˈsɑs sɑ ri /

noun

1. a city in NW Sardinia.

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Sassari British  

/ ˈsassari /

noun

1. a city in NW Sardinia, Italy: the second-largest city on the island; university (1565). Pop: 120 729 (2001)

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Example Sentences

Gianni Pes, a medical doctor from the University of Sassari, presented the findings at a demography conference in Montpellier in 1999—to the bemusement of many in the audience.

From Science Magazine

Ms Meloni is due to testify before a court in the Sardinian city of Sassari on 2 July.

From BBC

In the summer, he signed his first professional contract with Dinamo Sassari, going on to compete in the top division of Italian basketball.

From BBC

There, in the Sassari cemetery, I looked at the grave with only her name — no date or place of birth or year of death, as if only a place marker of her journey in Sardinia.

From Salon

Her death, ultimately, could have taken place in another era; the Sassari police abandoned any investigation.

From Salon