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Sesto San Giovanni

American  
[ses-toh san joh-vah-nee, se-staw sahn jaw-vahn-nee] / ˈsɛs toʊ ˌsæn dʒoʊˈvɑ ni, ˈsɛ stɔ ˌsɑn dʒɔˈvɑn ni /

noun

  1. a city in Lombardy, N Italy: a suburb of Milan.


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Mr. Noseda, 61, is a native of Sesto San Giovanni, a suburb of Milan, and has begun his ninth season as the NSO’s principal conductor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Luigi Strada was born outside Milan, in the town of Sesto San Giovanni, on April 21, 1948.

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2021

Born in the Milan suburb of Sesto San Giovanni on April 21, 1948, Strada earned his medical and surgical degree at that city’s State University and specialized in emergency room surgery.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 13, 2021

The town where Amri was killed, Sesto San Giovanni, is home to a sizeable Muslim community and is a departure point for buses to southern Italy, eastern Europe and the Balkans.

From Reuters • Dec. 24, 2016

And in Sesto San Giovanni, a little town near Milan, Angelo Roncalli's sister Assunta was out buying bread when the news reached her.

From Time Magazine Archive

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