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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A town of southern Italy on the Sorrento Peninsula, separating the Bay of Naples from the Gulf of Salerno. The city is a popular tourist center and summer resort.

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  • proper noun A town in the province of Naples, Italy

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From Italian Sorrento.

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