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

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

The woman’s maroon Kia Sorrento had been stolen, and the department sent the license plate number to surrounding jurisdictions in the hope of finding the suspect and the vehicle, police said.

From Los Angeles Times

The closing shot is Bono singing onstage at the Beacon, then cutting into Bono singing onstage at the stunningly opulent Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Italy, the audience leaping to their feet, before the camera rises up above the theater and the city skyline to a view of the Gulf of Naples and of Sorrento across it in the distance, spirits rising.

From Salon

A trip in 2023 to Sorrento, on the Italian coast, was a major catalyst for starting weight-loss injections last June.

From BBC