Sorrento

[ suh-ren-toh; Italian sawr-ren-taw ]

/ səˈrɛn toʊ; Italian sɔrˈrɛn tɔ /

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noun

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

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OTHER WORDS FROM Sorrento

Sor·ren·tine

[sawr-uhn-teen, suh-ren-teen], /ˈsɔr ənˌtin, səˈrɛn tin/, adjective

Words nearby Sorrento

sorption, sorrel, sorrel salt, sorrel tree, Sorrentino, Sorrento, sorrow, sorrowful, sorry, sort, sorta

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How to use Sorrento in a sentence

Schettino has been in Meta di Sorrento near the Amalfi Coast since being released on house arrest last Tuesday.
Costa Concordia Mess Widens With Salvage Team, Criminal Probe|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile, Schettino is enjoying the relative comfort of house arrest in the confines of his family home in Meta di Sorrento.
Costa Concordia Captain Seen Drinking With Blonde Before Wreck|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Indeed, they take place from Sorrento to Venice with disturbing frequency.
Francesco Schettino, the Costa Concordia’s Daredevil Captain|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
My grandmother is from Naples so I spent every summer of my childhood traveling between Capri, Sorrento, and the Amalfi Coast.
Fresh Picks|Marisa May|January 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST

I have been desolate since you left Rome, and am looking forward eagerly to seeing you next Sunday at Sorrento.
Polly the Pagan|Isabel Anderson
Then came romantic days at Sorrento and Florence and those enchanting dream moments in Venice.
Polly the Pagan|Isabel Anderson
Sorrento is, in summer, a bathing place for such of the Neapolitan high-life population as are not able to get far away from home.
Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car|Francis Miltoun
Sorrento is the great centre for all the charming region bordering upon the southern shore of the Bay of Naples.
Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car|Francis Miltoun
Except for its restricted little business quarter the houses and villas of Sorrento are disposed on the best of garden city plans.
Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car|Francis Miltoun

British Dictionary definitions for Sorrento

Sorrento

/ (səˈrɛntəʊ, Italian sorˈrɛnto) /

noun

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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