Definitions
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 ofNaples ,Italy
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Examples
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Mr Rajaram, originally from India, left two suicide notes as well as a will at the home in Sorrento Pointe, a gated community in the Santa Susana Mountains.
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Mr Rajaram, originally from India, left two suicide notes as well as a will at the home in Sorrento Pointe, a gated community in the Santa Susana Mountains.
Immigration Reform, Non-Citizen Voting, and the Radical Left 2008
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Mr Rajaram, originally from India, left two suicide notes as well as a will at the home in Sorrento Pointe, a gated community in the Santa Susana Mountains.
Immigrant Mass Murder Syndrome: Tragedy in LA - Indian Father Kills Self, Family 2008
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I wrote about it all the way back on September 19, in Sorrento Lactose Free String Cheese, after receiving an email from Nicole S.
Archive 2007-10-01 Steve Carper 2007
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I wrote about it all the way back on September 19, in Sorrento Lactose Free String Cheese, after receiving an email from Nicole S.
Lactose-Free Cheese Follow-Up Steve Carper 2007
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Man, I was down in Sorrento today, and I came up across the funniest person I've ever seen: Mr Whiskers.
Mister Whiskers Ben Barren 2005
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Man, I was down in Sorrento today, and I came up across the funniest person I've ever seen: Mr Whiskers.
Archive 2005-07-01 Ben Barren 2005
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Sorrento is a threat to hit 25 home runs for Tampa Bay.
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I just found out yesterday that you live in Sorrento, and I wanted to talk to you.
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Patty had once spent a sunshiny week in Sorrento herself, and the very memory of it was intoxicating.
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