Seveso

[ suh-vey-soh; Italian se-ve-saw ]
/ səˈveɪ soʊ; Italian sɛˈvɛ sɔ /

noun

an industrial town in N Italy, near Milan: 1976 dioxin release.

British Dictionary definitions for seveso

Seveso
/ (sɛˈveɪsəʊ) /

noun

a town in N Italy, near Milan: evacuated in 1976 after contamination by a poisonous cloud of dioxin gas released from a factory