verona
/vɪˈɹəʊnə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A city, the capital of the province of Verona, straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy.
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Example Sentences
- "Two households, both alike in dignity, // In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, // From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, // Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean."
- "...it was nearly the middle of August before he went out to meet Harriet in the Tirol. He found his sister in a dense cloud five thousand feet above the sea, chilled to the bone, overfed, bored, and not at all unwilling to be fetched away. [...] They travelled for thirteen hours down-hill, whilst the streams broadened and the mountains shrank, and the vegetation changed, and the people ceased being ugly and drinking beer, and began instead to drink wine and to be beautiful. And the train which had picked them at sunrise out of a waste of glaciers and hotels was waltzing at sunset round the walls of Verona."
- "More concerning, after Verona officials asked for the cameras to at least be remotely disabled while they waited for the company to come collect them, a Flock employee said they were unsure if such a thing was even possible—a claim that, if true, would indicate Flock technology is outdated by a factor of decades."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Vērōna
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /vɪˈɹəʊnə/
Derived Forms
Veronan
Veronian