Cremona

American  

[kri-moh-nuh, kre-maw-nah] / krɪˈmoʊ nə, krɛˈmɔ nɑ /

noun

1. a city in N Italy, on the Po River.

2. one of a class of violins of superior quality made there during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.

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Cremona British  

/ kreˈmoːna /

noun

1. a city in N Italy, in Lombardy on the River Po: noted for the manufacture of fine violins in the 16th–18th centuries. Pop: 70 887 (2001)

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Example Sentences

Hojlund took his all-competitions tally for Napoli to eight as champions Napoli cruised to the three points in Cremona and maintained their push to retain the Scudetto.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

In his early 20s, he moved to Cremona, Italy — a city long known for its master luthiers — to study violin making.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024

These are currently stored in liquid nitrogen at minus 196 degrees Celsius in Berlin, Germany, and Cremona, Italy, awaiting embryo transfer into southern white rhino surrogate mothers.

From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2024

This year’s Roads of Friendship concert series will launch on July 7 in Ravenna, and feature the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra founded by Muti, the Cremona Ancient Choir as well as Jordanian musicians.

From Seattle Times • May 4, 2023

To this end she recruited Italian dancers, choreographers and a band of violinists, playing on the very instruments she had ordered for her son from Cremona.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall