Sorrento

American  

[suh-ren-toh, sawr-ren-taw] / səˈrɛn toʊ, sɔrˈrɛn tɔ /

noun

1. a seaport in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: resort; cathedral; ancient ruins.

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Sorrento British  

/ səˈrɛntəʊ, sorˈrɛnto /

noun

1. a port in SW Italy, in Campania on a mountainous peninsula between the Bay of Naples and the Gulf of Salerno: a resort since Roman times. Pop: 16 536 (2001)

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Other Word Forms

• Sorrentine adjective

Example Sentences

Sorrento Therapeutics CEO Henry Ji lost his when the drugmaker filed for bankruptcy-court protection in 2023 after an arbitration award over a failed collaboration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

Wellman, owner of Sorrento Valley Pet Cemetery, stepped in to offer to cremate the remaining bodies, and says Angel Paws’ operation was “disorganized and unprofessional.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Marbella on Spain's south coast, has a forecasted high of 15C this weekend, Ibiza is forecasted 17C, and Sorrento on the Amalfi Coast, could reach a high of 18C.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2025

Fanning out all around are several hundred pastel — and almost entirely empty — terraced buildings lining streets named Venice, Amalfi, Positano and Sorrento.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2023

All of our attacks were direct hits, but Art3mis’s beam weapon was the only one that seemed to do any real damage to Sorrento.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline