Sorrento

American

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

noun

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

Sorrento British

/ səˈrɛntəʊ, 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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Sorrentine

adjective

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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

Ahead of the ceremony, the couple hosted a welcome party for their family with pizza and pasta, then sailed off of Capri, Sorrento, Ravello and Positano with their friends and family aboard a private ship.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2024

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

Alex Rodriguez, Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez and Paul Sorrento all homered in the third inning against Oakland at the Kingdome on Sept. 21, 1996.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2023

Sorrento surveyed the scene, then smiled up at us.

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

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