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Arno

Arno

1 7.1
A river in central Italy that flows from the mountains through Florence and Pisa to the sea
  • proper noun
: Arno
  • When I got back to Florence, I took everything I had and dumped it in the Arno.
  • Arno River

Examples

  • This scene of Hercules is set just above the Arno Valley so that you can actually see the Dome of the cathedral Florence in the distance.

  • We were to see the Arno.

  • The view of the Arno is yours.

  • Julio taps his stick across the Arno, walking into the sounds of the city.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • We crossed the Arno and paused to watch the streetlights ride over the ripples of the current.

    Academic text (2002)
  • There's this café on the banks of the Arno.

  • Brick was prominently displayed alongside stone and marble in Pisa, Lucca, and other cities of the Arno basin.

    Academic text (2015)
  • We took a boat ride along the Arno River to enjoy the beautiful views of Florence.

  • The artist often painted scenes of the Arno as it flowed through the Tuscan countryside.

  • During our trip, we crossed the Arno to visit the historic sites on the other side.

Synonyms

Arno River
vsArno
1 4.5

A river in central Italy that flows through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea

uses the same sense but chooses the alternate word order for the name
River Arno
vsArno
1 5.7

A river in central Italy that flows from the mountains through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea

has identical meaning but presents the words in reversed order

Surface Forms

Arno main

Etymology

Arno comes from the old Latin name Arnus and probably from an even older local language, and it may come from a word meaning 'to flow'. So Arno is simply the ancient name for the river that flows through Florence and Pisa.