Meaning of Verona | Babel Free
vɪˈɹəʊnəDefinitions
- A city, the capital of the province of Verona, straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy.
- A province of Veneto, in northern Italy.
- A village in Illinois.
- A census-designated place in Kentucky.
- A city in Mississippi.
- A city and town in Missouri.
- A township in New Jersey.
- A town in New York.
- A city and village in North Dakota.
- A village in Ohio.
- A borough of Pennsylvania.
- A city and town in Wisconsin.
- A locality in the Bega Valley council area, south-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- A habitational surname from Italian.
- A female given name.
Equivalents
Examples
“Two households, both alike in dignity, // In fair Verona, where we lay⟳ our scene, // From ancient grudge break⟳ to new mutiny, // Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.”
“...it was nearly the middle of August before he went out to meet⟳ Harriet in the Tirol. He found his sister in a dense cloud five thousand feet above the sea, chilled to the bone, overfed, bored, and not at all unwilling to be fetched away. … They travelled for thirteen hours down-hill, whilst the streams broadened and the mountains shrank, and the vegetation changed, and the people ceased being ugly and drinking beer, and began instead to drink⟳ wine and to be beautiful. And the train⟳ which had picked them at sunrise out of a waste⟳ of glaciers and hotels was waltzing at sunset round the walls of Verona.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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