Sorrento

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

/ səˈrɛn toʊ; Italian sɔrˈrɛn tɔ /

noun

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

Related formsSor·ren·tine

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

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Examples from the Web for sorrento

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
It was hardly twenty miles from Amalfi to Sorrento, but it took four hours to drive there.
The Sunbonnet Babies in Italy|Eulalie Osgood Grover
Such dolls are seen commonly hanging in the air at this season in the Sorrento peninsula.
Naples Past and Present|Arthur H. Norway

No. 38 shows the Venetian bar used as the veining of a leaf and worked upon Sorrento bars.
The Art of Modern Lace Making|The Butterick Publishing Co.
At the stopping places, Castellamare, Sorrento, things were a little better.
The Gentleman from San Francisco|Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin
Imagine me in my doorway as you passed in your travelling carriage, hot and tired on your way—say to Sorrento.
Mae Madden|Mary Murdoch Mason

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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