Viso

[ vee-zoh ]

/ ˈvi zoʊ /

Mount, a mountain in NW Italy: highest peak of the Cottian Alps. 12,602 feet (3,841 meters).

QUIZZES

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Question 1 of 9

You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

At the inn at Viso I met an officer, who had just come from the mountains, bringing his two sons with him.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846|Various
The journey from Viso to San Mateo is associated in my mind with the recollection of a most mortifying accident.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests|J. J. von Tschudi
I associate a painful recollection with the road from Viso to San Mateo.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846|Various
The road between Viso and San Mateo, a distance of about three leagues, is exceedingly difficult and dangerous.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests|J. J. von Tschudi