Orvieto

[ awr-vee-ey-toh, -et-oh; Italian awr-vye-taw ]

/ ˌɔr viˈeɪ toʊ, -ˈɛt oʊ; Italian ɔrˈvyɛ tɔ /

a white wine, from dry to sweet, from Umbria, Italy.

Origin of Orvieto

First recorded in 1665–75

They might run afoul of bravos or some of the wild young men of Orvieto's feuding families.

The Saracen: Land of the Infidel |Robert Shea
How is your former master, d'Ucello, faring with the Sienese in Orvieto?

The Saracen: The Holy War |Robert Shea
He found himself picturing the things they had done not long ago, while Orvieto rested at midday.

The Saracen: The Holy War |Robert Shea
After perhaps hundreds of people have been killed, after a civil war in Orvieto, anyone who is even suspect will die.

The Saracen: Land of the Infidel |Robert Shea

We here represent one of the scenes depicted on a vase found at Orvieto (fig. 29), which is certainly Polygnotan in character.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 |Various

Orvieto

/ (Italian orˈvjɛːto) /

a market town in central Italy, in Umbria: Etruscan remains. Pop: 20 705 (2001) Latin name: Urbs Vetus (ˈʊəbz ˈviːtəs)

a light white wine from this region