Cassino

American  

[kuh-see-noh, kahs-see-naw] / kəˈsi noʊ, kɑsˈsi nɔ /

noun

1. a town in SE Latium, in central Italy, NNW of Naples: site of Monte Cassino.

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Cassino ¹ British  

/ kasˈsiːno /

noun

1. Latin name: Casinum.  a town in central Italy, in Latium at the foot of Monte Cassino: an ancient Volscian (and later Roman) town and citadel. Pop: 32 762 (2001)

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cassino ² British  

/ kəˈsiːnəʊ /

noun

1. a card game for two to four players in which players pair cards from their hands with others exposed on the table

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Example Sentences

Allied soldiers described their shock at seeing Wojtek carrying artillery shells during the Battle of Monte Cassino.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2024

Each episode is titled for a location — Radom, Warsaw and Siberia, but also Casablanca, Monte Cassino and Rio de Janeiro.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2024

“They’re already assuming he’s toast,” said Daniel Cassino, executive director of the Fairleigh Dickinson University poll.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2023

At the time of his death, he was working on an action movie, Cassino in Ischia.

From BBC • May 22, 2023

Most intensely, however, did we delight in the beauties of the glorious ascent to Monte Cassino and in all that we saw there.

From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.