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Sorrento

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /səˈɹɛntəʊ/
  • US: /səˈɹɛntoʊ/
  • rhymes with -ɛntəʊ

1

name

Meaning 1

A town and comune of the province of Naples, Campania, Italy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

name

Meaning 2

A town in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A kind of Italian walnut.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From Italian Sorrento, from Latin Surrentum, of uncertain origin.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سُورِّينْتُو (surrēntu) — town in the province of Naples
  • Armenian: Սորենտո (Sorento) — town in the province of Naples
  • Chinese Mandarin: 索倫托 /索伦托 (Suǒlúntuō) — town in the province of Naples
  • French: Sorrente — town in the province of Naples
  • German: Sorrent — town in the province of Naples
  • Greek: Σορέντο (Sorénto) — town in the province of Naples
  • Hindi: सोरेन्टो (sorenṭo) — town in the province of Naples
  • Italian: Sorrento — town in the province of Naples
  • Japanese: ソレント (Sorento) — town in the province of Naples
  • Japanese: ソッレント (Sorrento) — town in the province of Naples
  • Korean: 소렌토 (Sorento) — town in the province of Naples
  • Latin: Surrentum — town in the province of Naples
  • Neapolitan: Surriento — town in the province of Naples
  • Russian: Сорре́нто (Sorrɛ́nto) — town in the province of Naples
  • Sicilian: Surrentu — town in the province of Naples
  • Turkish: Sorrento — town in the province of Naples