Trieste

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciationsEnglish: /triːˈɛst/, Italian: /triˈɛste/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(trē est′; It. trē es′te)

Tri•este n.

a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste. 237,472.
Free Territory of, an area bordering the N Adriatic: originally a part of Italy;
designated a free territory by the UN 1947;
N zone, including the city of Trieste, 86 sq. mi. (223 sq. km) administered by the U.S. and Great Britain from 1947 until it was turned over to Italy in 1954;
S zone 199 sq. mi. (515 sq. km) incorporated into Yugoslavia;
now part of Slovenia.
Gulf of, an inlet at the N end of the Adriatic, in NE Italy. 20 mi. (32 km) wide.

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Trieste /triːˈɛst; Italian: triˈɛste/ n

a port in NE Italy, capital of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, on the Gulf of Trieste at the head of the Adriatic Sea: under Austrian rule (1382–1918); capital of the Free Territory of Trieste (1947–54); important transit port for central Europe. Pop: 211 184 (2001)Slovene and Croatian name: Trst
Free Territory of Trieste ⇒ a former territory on the N Adriatic: established by the UN in 1947; most of the N part passed to Italy and the remainder to Yugoslavia in 1954

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