rialto

[ ree-al-toh ]
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noun,plural ri·al·tos.
  1. an exchange or mart.

Origin of rialto

1
1590–1660; after the Rialto in Venice

Words Nearby rialto

Other definitions for Rialto (2 of 2)

Rialto
[ ree-al-toh; for 1, 2 also Italian ree-ahl-taw ]

noun
  1. a commercial center in Venice, Italy, consisting of an island and the surrounding district.

  2. a bridge spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy: constructed of marble in 1590.

  1. a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.

  2. the theater district of a city or town, especially the area around Broadway in New York City.

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How to use rialto in a sentence

  • Food Destination The market at rialto, in Venice, is the Guggenheim of food.

    Fresh Picks | Marcella Hazan | July 28, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Gaiety, noise and life are the characteristics of each, whether one is at San Marco or on the rialto.

  • In beauty the rialto falls far short of most of the bridges of Venice.

  • People have come mostly to speak of the rialto as though it was the bridge only.

  • From this point a fondamenta runs all the way to the rialto bridge.

  • The pliant gondola obeyed, and amid a shout which passed from the Piazzetta to the rialto, it glided ahead.

    The Bravo | J. Fenimore Cooper

British Dictionary definitions for rialto (1 of 2)

rialto

/ (rɪˈæltəʊ) /


nounplural -tos
  1. a market or exchange

Origin of rialto

1
C19: after the Rialto

British Dictionary definitions for Rialto (2 of 2)

Rialto

/ (rɪˈæltəʊ) /


noun
  1. an island in Venice, Italy, linked with San Marco Island by the Rialto Bridge (1590) over the Grand Canal: the business centre of medieval and renaissance Venice

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