Gorizia

American

[gaw-ree-tsyah] / gɔˈri tsyɑ /

noun

a city in NE Italy, on the Isonzo River, N of Trieste.

Gorizia British

/ ɡoˈrittsja /

noun

German name: Görz. Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian name: Gorica. a city in NE Italy, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, on the Isonzo River: cultural centre under the Hapsburgs. Pop: 35 667 (2001)

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Parla says that, to an extent, the city of Gorizia has built their economy around the Rosa di Gorizia; a crisp and delicately bitter radicchio variety known for its rose-like appearance and intense cultivation process.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

Gianni Spanghero, 56, watched the reports on TV at his home in Gorizia, Italy, and says he couldn't really understand this was going on so close to Italy back then.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2012

Lest it be cut off in case of fighting, the one U.S. battalion in the city withdrew toward the main U.S. force at Gorizia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Next day Yugoslav Foreign Minister Stanoje Simitch announced more calmly that, as far as he was concerned, the Italians could have Trieste�but only in exchange for Italian Gorizia.

From Time Magazine Archive

We came into Gorizia in the middle of the next day.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

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