Definitions

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  • proper noun Province of Lombardy, Italy.
  • proper noun Town and capital of Lecco.

Etymologies

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From Italian Lecco.

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Examples

  • On Sunday 17 May 2009 at 4: 00pm in the Basilica of St. Nicolò in Lecco, the solemn celebration of Ambrosian Vespers in Latin for the 6th Sunday after Easter will be presided over by Msgr. Valentino Miserachs Grau, president of the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music in Rome, and master of the Liberian Chapel of the Patriarchal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore.

    President of Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music to Preside at Ambrosian Vespers 2009

  • Ferryboats churned through the shadows, headed for Varenna Gravedona, or Lecco, and it was late enough that you could start to feel the town gearing up for its Friday-night revelry.

    The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009

  • This might have been because I was looking for what proved to be a nonexistent sign for Bergamo/Lecco, I dont recall, but in any case I missed a key turn, soon realized my mistake, made a risky U-turn through the parking lot of another gas station, and headed off in what seemed to be the right direction.

    The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009

  • Ferryboats churned through the shadows, headed for Varenna Gravedona, or Lecco, and it was late enough that you could start to feel the town gearing up for its Friday-night revelry.

    The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009

  • And two caterpillar legs that wobble down between the high peaks and end in medium-size cities: Como on the west and Lecco to the east.

    The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009

  • And two caterpillar legs that wobble down between the high peaks and end in medium-size cities: Como on the west and Lecco to the east.

    The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009

  • Ferryboats churned through the shadows, headed for Varenna Gravedona, or Lecco, and it was late enough that you could start to feel the town gearing up for its Friday-night revelry.

    The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009

  • This might have been because I was looking for what proved to be a nonexistent sign for Bergamo/Lecco, I dont recall, but in any case I missed a key turn, soon realized my mistake, made a risky U-turn through the parking lot of another gas station, and headed off in what seemed to be the right direction.

    The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009

  • This might have been because I was looking for what proved to be a nonexistent sign for Bergamo/Lecco, I dont recall, but in any case I missed a key turn, soon realized my mistake, made a risky U-turn through the parking lot of another gas station, and headed off in what seemed to be the right direction.

    The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009

  • And two caterpillar legs that wobble down between the high peaks and end in medium-size cities: Como on the west and Lecco to the east.

    The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009

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