Maggiore

[ muh-jawr-ee, -johr-ee; Italian mahd-jaw-re ]

/ məˈdʒɔr i, -ˈdʒoʊr i; Italian mɑdˈdʒɔ rɛ /

Lake, a lake in N Italy and S Switzerland. 83 sq. mi. (215 sq. km).

Example sentences from the Web for maggiore

A charming autumn sojourn on the lakes of Orta and Maggiore filled our young minds with beauty.

An Autobiography |Elizabeth Butler
Before noon they had left Baveno on a steamer and were crossing the blue depths of Maggiore.

The Red Redmaynes |Eden Phillpotts
We are planning a trip up the Maggiore tomorrow, and we have to have a cake to take with us.

Jerry Junior |Jean Webster
Or, if you want to be perfectly quiet, the other lake—Maggiore.

Shadows of Flames |Amelie Rives

What is going on in Maggiore is going on equally in all the other sub-Alpine lakes of the Po valley.

Science in Arcady |Grant Allen

Maggiore

/ (ˌmædʒɪˈɔːrɪ, Italian madˈdʒore) /

Lake Maggiore a lake in N Italy and S Switzerland, in the S Lepontine Alps