Abruzzi

[ uh-broot-see; Italian ah-broot-tsee ]

noun

1. Duke of the Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta, 1873–1933, Italian naval officer, mountain climber, and Arctic explorer.

Abruzzi

/ aˈbruttso; aˈbruttsi /

noun

1. a region of S central Italy, between the Apennines and the Adriatic. Capital: Aquila. Pop: 1 273 284 (2003 est). Area: 10 794 sq km (4210 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Yet last Saturday, when 10 mountaineers left Camp 4 on the Abruzzi Ridge in minus-70 degree Fahrenheit weather and pushed toward K2’s summit, every one of them was Nepali.

From New York Times

It had been decided before their arrival that all the climbers at base camp would follow the standard Abruzzi route that winter.

From New York Times

To reach K2’s summit, the team endured temperatures in excess of -58 degrees Fahrenheit and gale-force winds while ascending the Abruzzi Spur on the mountain’s southern flank.

From National Geographic

“There is a kind of uniform monotony in the fate of man,” Natalia Ginzburg observes in her essay “Winter in the Abruzzi.”

From Los Angeles Times

My grandparents and parents emigrated from Abruzzi and Marche, Italy, and settled in Pittsburgh, where my maternal grandfather worked at the Jones and Laughlin Steel mill.

From Washington Post