Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A historic market district of Venice, Italy, located close to the Grand Canal and to the 16th-century Rialto Bridge.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bridge, noted in literature and art, over the Grand Canal in Venice.
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Examples
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Rialto is the name, not of the bridge, but of the island from which it is called; and the Venetians say, _Il ponti di Rialto_, as we say Westminster Bridge.
The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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Medina, a business trainer who lives in Rialto, said that during processing she was forced to remove her head scarf in the presence of a male deputy even though she explained that to do so violated her religious beliefs.
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We play a theater in Tucson usually called The Rialto--it's this big beautiful old theatre and it's kind of spooky though.
Mike Ragogna: Crosstalk Thursday: Conversations with Billy Currington, Brett Dennen, Al DiMeola, and Yellowjackets' Bob Mintzer Mike Ragogna 2011
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We play a theater in Tucson usually called The Rialto--it's this big beautiful old theatre and it's kind of spooky though.
Mike Ragogna: Crosstalk Thursday: Conversations with Billy Currington, Brett Dennen, Al DiMeola, and Yellowjackets' Bob Mintzer Mike Ragogna 2011
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So when she set out to find him, she began calling Rialto's Italian restaurants.
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The fires in Rialto, which is about 60 miles east of L.A., have burned more than 600 acres so far.
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Just to give you better bearings on the community here, we're talking about Rialto, which is near Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, California, and it is all east of Los Angeles, very near the 210 Freeway.
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Talkin 'the Talk Susan is calling the Rialto, a company in Casablanca.
Arabic for Dummies Bouchentouf, Amine 2006
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This is the Rialto, which is about 60 miles or so east of Los Angeles.
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And then we walked up and down what he called Washington's Rialto, which is Connecticut Avenue, and he told me the story.
The Living and the Dead: Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a Lost War 1996
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