Monte Cassino

[ mawn-te kahs-see-naw ]
/ ˈmɔn tɛ kɑsˈsi nɔ /

noun

a monastery at Cassino, Italy: founded a.d. c530 by St. Benedict and destroyed by Allied bombings in 1944.

British Dictionary definitions for monte cassino

Monte Cassino
/ (ˈmɒntɪ kəˈsiːnəʊ, Italian ˈmonte kasˈsiːno) /

noun

a hill above Cassino in central Italy: site of intense battle during World War II: site of Benedictine monastery (530 ad), destroyed by Allied bombing in 1944, later restored