Sforza

[ sfawrt-suh; Italian sfawr-tsah ]

noun

1. Count Car·lo [kahr, -law], 1873–1952, Italian statesman: anti-Fascist leader.
2. Fran·ces·co [f, r, ahn-, ches, -kaw], 1401–66, Italian condottiere and duke of Milan 1450–66.
3. his father Gia·co·muz·zo [jah-kaw-, moo, -tsaw] or Mu·zio [moo, -tsyaw], 1369–1424, Italian condottiere.
4. Lo·do·vi·co [law-daw-, vee, -kaw], the Moor, 1451–1508, duke of Milan 1494–1500 (son of Francesco Sforza).

Sforza

/ ˈsfɔrtsa /

noun

1. SforzaCarlo18731952MItalianPOLITICS: statesman Count Carlo (ˈkarlo). 1873–1952, Italian statesman; leader of the anti-Fascist opposition
2. SforzaFrancesco14011466MMilanesePOLITICS: hereditary ruler Francesco (franˈtʃesko). 1401–66, duke of Milan (1450–66)
3. SforzaGiacomuzzo or Muzio13691424MItalianMISC: condottiere his father Giacomuzzo (dʒakoˈmuttso) or Muzio (ˈmuttsjo), original name Attendolo. 1369–1424, Italian condottiere and founder of the dynasty that ruled Milan (1450–1535)
4. SforzaLodovico14511508MMilanesePOLITICS: hereditary ruler Lodovico (lodoˈviːko), called the Moor. 1451– 1508, duke of Milan (1494–1500), but effective ruler from 1480; patron of Leonardo da Vinci

Example Sentences

He has his eye on Milan, the northern city-state run by Duke Ludovico Sforza.

From Literature

Duke Ludovico Sforza—Leonardo’s patron in Milan—was captured less than a year after the French invaded.

From Literature

Ludovico Sforza, the patron of the lavish Milanese Renaissance, would die, half-mad, in a French dungeon.

From Literature

Tourist attractions also bore the brunt of the bad weather, as the Sforza Castle was shut after some tiles were brought down and rain was heavy enough to penetrate the glass-vaulted Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan's famed shopping arcade.

From Reuters

One of the city's main attractions, the 15th-Century Sforza Castle, was closed to the public on Tuesday "due to damage caused by severe weather".

From BBC