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Trieste
[ tree-est; Italian tree-es-te ]
noun
- a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- Free Territory of, an area bordering the N Adriatic: originally a part of Italy; designated a free territory by the UN 1947; N zone, including the city of Trieste, 86 sq. mi. (223 sq. km) administered by the U.S. and Great Britain from 1947 until it was turned over to Italy in 1954; S zone 199 sq. mi. (515 sq. km) incorporated into Yugoslavia; now part of Slovenia.
- Gulf of, an inlet at the N end of the Adriatic, in NE Italy. 20 miles (32 km) wide.
Trieste
/ triˈɛste; triːˈɛst /
noun
- a port in NE Italy, capital of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, on the Gulf of Trieste at the head of the Adriatic Sea: under Austrian rule (1382–1918); capital of the Free Territory of Trieste (1947–54); important transit port for central Europe. Pop: 211 184 (2001) Slovene and Croatian nameTrst
- Free Territory of Triestea former territory on the N Adriatic: established by the UN in 1947; most of the N part passed to Italy and the remainder to Yugoslavia in 1954
Example Sentences
Those relationships have paid off for the Trieste-based brand, says David Brussa, who joined the company in 1991 and is now its quality and sustainability director.
Da Libero is one of the very few early twentieth-century osterie left in Trieste.
When the absinthe arrives at our table, I finally accept just how cold the real James Joyce trail in Trieste really is.
If one could find remnants of the real, human James Joyce anywhere, it would be here, I thought, in Trieste.
The trail of the Trieste that Joyce grew to love has gone cold.
Of the approximately 40 to 45 bordellos [in Trieste],” Eric says, “14 were located in the Jewish ghetto.
Trieste and Grz were taken; the junction with Marmont was speedily effected, and the combined forces hurried on towards Vienna.
The next day I went for Trieste in a steamer, down the whole length of the Adriatic.
A steamer bore me to Trieste, where I at once took the stage-coach for Gratz.
The port of Trieste enjoys liberty without limits, and the Court of Vienna is anxious to make its commerce flourish.
The prince wishes a lady whom he esteems very highly to reach Trieste as soon as possible.
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