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Verona en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /vɪˈɹəʊnə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Verona, from Latin Vērōna.

Meanings

  1. A city, the capital of the province of Verona, straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy.
    • ...it was nearly the middle of August before he went out to meet Harriet in the Tirol. He found his sister in a dense cloud five thousand feet above the sea, chilled to the bone, overfed, bored, and not at all unwilling to be fetched away. [...] They travelled for thirteen hours down-hill, whilst the streams broadened and the mountains shrank, and the vegetation changed, and the people ceased being ugly and drinking beer, and began instead to drink wine and to be beautiful. And the train which had picked them at sunrise out of a waste of glaciers and hotels was waltzing at sunset round the walls of Verona. 1905, E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread, chapter 6
    • Two households, both alike in dignity, // In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, // From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, // Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act PROLOGUE, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
  2. A province of Veneto, in northern Italy.
  3. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Alameda County, California.
  4. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Grundy County, Illinois.
  5. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Boone County, Kentucky.
  6. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A former town in Calhoun County, Michigan.
  7. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township in Huron County, Michigan.
  8. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township in Faribault County, Minnesota.
  9. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in Lee County, Mississippi.
  10. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in Lawrence County, Missouri.
  11. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Clay County, Nebraska.
  12. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township in Essex County, New Jersey.
  13. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Oneida County, New York.
  14. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Oneida County, New York. ▸ A census-designated place in Verona, Oneida County, New York.
  15. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Onslow County, North Carolina.
  16. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in LaMoure County, North Dakota.
  17. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Montgomery County and Preble County, Ohio.
  18. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A borough of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
  19. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Tennessee.
  20. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A ghost town in Collin County, Texas.
  21. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Augusta County, Virginia.
  22. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in Dane County, Wisconsin.
    • More concerning, after Verona officials asked for the cameras to at least be remotely disabled while they waited for the company to come collect them, a Flock employee said they were unsure if such a thing was even possible—a claim that, if true, would indicate Flock technology is outdated by a factor of decades. 2026 July 23, Justin Caffier, “Flock Cameras Are Disappearing in Plain Sight”, in Gizmodo, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2026:
  23. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Dane County, Wisconsin.
  24. A locality in the Bega Valley council area, south-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  25. A habitational surname from Italian.
  26. A female given name.

Deriveds

Verona earth · Verona green · Verona serge · Veronan · Verona Sands · Verona brown · Veronian

Relateds

Veronese

Translations (27)

es Verona (province in the Veneto region of northern Italy) · cmn 維羅納 /维罗纳 (city straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy) · pt Verona (province in the Veneto region of northern Italy) · ca Verona (province in the Veneto region of northern Italy) · ar فيرونا (city straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy) · mr व्हेरोना (city straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy) · fr Vérone (city straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy) · ru Веро́на (city straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy) · es Verona (city straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy) · vec Veròna (city straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy) · pl Werona (city straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy) · tr Verona (city straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy) · it Verona (province in the Veneto region of northern Italy) · he ורונה (province in the Veneto region of northern Italy) · he ורונה (city straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy) · ca Verona (city straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy) · de Wälsch-Bern (city straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy) · ru Веро́на (province in the Veneto region of northern Italy) · fr Vérone (province in the Veneto region of northern Italy) · mr व्हेरोना (province in the Veneto region of northern Italy) · pl Werona (province in the Veneto region of northern Italy) · la Vērōna (city straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy) · ja ヴェローナ (city straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy) · pt Verona (city straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy) · it Verona (city straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy) · cmn 維羅納省 /维罗纳省 (province in the Veneto region of northern Italy) · de Verona (city straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy)

wikidata: Q2028 · wikidata: Q16314