Gorizia

[ gaw-ree-tsyah ]

/ gɔˈri tsyɑ /

noun

a city in NE Italy, on the Isonzo River, N of Trieste.

German Görz.

Example sentences from the Web for gorizia

They had succeeded in distracting his attention from their real objective—Gorizia.

Italy at War and the Allies in the West |E. Alexander Powell
Guns were hauled up these ridges by hundreds of men, just as the Italians were doing on the Gorizia front.

Australia in Arms |Phillip F.E. Schuler
Gorizia itself was protected by two mountain strongholds, Sabatino to the north and San Michele to the south.

A Short History of the Great War |A. F. Pollard
Such arcades must be bad indeed to be wholly unsatisfactory, and some of those at Gorizia are very fairly done.

Sketches from the Subject and Neighbour Lands of Venice |Edward A. Freeman

But long after the beginning of that union, the distinction between Austria and Gorizia was still strongly drawn.

Sketches from the Subject and Neighbour Lands of Venice |Edward A. Freeman

British Dictionary definitions for gorizia

Gorizia

/ (Italian ɡoˈrittsja) /

noun

a city in NE Italy, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, on the Isonzo River: cultural centre under the Hapsburgs. Pop: 35 667 (2001) German name: Görz Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian name: Gorica

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