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‖ Mezzogiorno|meddzoˈdʒɔrno|
[It.]
The southern part of Italy, including Sicily and Sardinia.
1932Joyce Let. 13 May (1966) III. 245 You seem to be cruising in the mezzogiorno. 1952P. H. Bonner SPQR (1953) vi. 54 The cities of the Mezzogiorno, like Naples and Salerno and Bari. 1960E. & R. Chevallier Mezzogiorno 7 Magic is by no means a thing of the past in the Mezzogiorno. There are still witches in the land, and the people still fear the ‘evil eye’. 1963‘W. Haggard’ High Wire viii. 92 He had..a loving little wife in Naples, but he hadn't seen her for a year. That was a long time to leave a woman in the mezzogiorno. 1972A. Thorne Rome & S. Italy ii. 45 The houses of the Mezzogiorno have far more in common architecturally with those of Byzantium and the islands of the Aegean. 1973A. B. Mountjoy Mezzogiorno i. 10 An abundance of children characterized the villages and towns of the Mezzogiorno. |