noun
a mountainous region of central Italy on the Adriatic
• Syn: ↑Abruzzi
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Italian region
• Part Holonyms: ↑Italy, ↑Italian Republic, ↑Italia
• Part Meronyms: ↑Aquila, ↑L'Aquila, ↑Aquila degli Abruzzi
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/ah brddooht"tsee e maw lee"ze/
a region in central Italy. 1,552,556; 5881 sq. mi. (15,232 sq. km). Cap.: Aquilla.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.