This week’s theme
Words derived from Italian landmarks

This week’s words
pantheon
coliseum
palatine
rialto
lido

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PRONUNCIATION:

(LEE-do)

MEANING:

noun: A fashionable beach resort or a public outdoor swimming pool.

ETYMOLOGY:

After Lido, an island reef in northeastern Italy, between the Lagoon of Venice and the Adriatic Sea, site of a famous beach resort.

USAGE:

"Within seconds, a half-dozen over-eager denizens of Cartagena's lido were on us like flies, offering food and drink, massages, hair-braiding, necklaces."
Frank Bajak; Cartagena Struggles to Recover Lost Tourists; The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Nov 22, 1998.

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