Verrazano

[ ver-uh-zah-noh; Italian ver-rah-tsah-naw ]

/ ˌvɛr əˈzɑ noʊ; Italian ˌvɛr rɑˈtsɑ nɔ /

Gio·van·ni da

[jaw-vahn-nee dah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/,c1480–1527?, Italian navigator and explorer.

Also Ver·raz·za·no

[ver-raht-tsah-naw] /ˌvɛr rɑtˈtsɑ nɔ/, Ver·ra·za·ni

[ver-rah-tsah-nee] /ˌvɛr rɑˈtsɑ ni/.

British Dictionary definitions for giovanni da verrazano

Verrazano

/ (Italian verraˈtsaːno) /

Giovanni da (dʒoˈvanni da). ?1485–?1528, Florentine navigator; the first European to sight what was to become New York (1524)