Sorrento

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UK/səˈɹɛntəʊ/US/səˈɹɛntoʊ/

proper noun

A town and comune of the province of Naples, Campania, Italy.

Less commonScrabble 8

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A town and comune of the province of Naples, Campania, Italy.
nounSorrento (plural Sorrentos)

plural Sorrentos

  1. A kind of Italian walnut.

Origin

  1. LatinSurrentum
  2. ItalianSorrento
  3. EnglishSorrento

From Italian Sorrento, from Latin Surrentum, of uncertain origin.

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Translations

Arabic سُورِّينْتُو
  • سُورِّينْتُو (surrēntu)town in the province of Naples
Chinese Mandarin 索倫托 /索伦托
  • 索倫托 /索伦托 (Suǒlúntuō)town in the province of Naples
French Sorrente
  • Sorrentetown in the province of Naples
German Sorrent
  • Sorrenttown in the province of Naples
Greek Σορέντο
  • Σορέντο (Sorénto)town in the province of Naples
Hindi सोरेन्टो
  • सोरेन्टो (sorenṭo)town in the province of Naples
Italian Sorrento
  • Sorrentotown in the province of Naples
Japanese ソレント, ソッレント
  • ソレント (Sorento)town in the province of Naples
  • ソッレント (Sorrento)town in the province of Naples
Korean 소렌토
  • 소렌토 (Sorento)town in the province of Naples
Latin Surrentum
  • Surrentumtown in the province of Naples
Russian Сорре́нто
  • Сорре́нто (Sorrɛ́nto)town in the province of Naples
Turkish Sorrento
  • Sorrentotown in the province of Naples

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

Sorrento. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sorrento

MLA

“Sorrento.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sorrento. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sorrento,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sorrento.

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