Cortina

See also: cortina

English

Etymology

From Italian. The car was named after the Italian ski resort.

Noun

Cortina (plural Cortinas)

  1. A British family car from around the 1960s to 1970s

Proper noun

Cortina

  1. Ellipsis of Cortina d'Ampezzo: a resort town and municipality of the province of Belluno, Veneto region, Italy.
  2. (informal, sports) Ellipsis of Cortina Olympics: The 1956 Winter Olympics, in the host city of Cortina d'Ampezzo

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /korˈti.na/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Hyphenation: Cor‧tì‧na

Proper noun

Cortina ?

  1. Cortina d'Ampezzo (ellipsis of Cortina d'Ampezzo: a small alpine town in Belluno, Veneto, Italy)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koɾˈtina/ [koɾˈt̪i.na]
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: Cor‧ti‧na

Etymology

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Proper noun

Cortina m or f by sense

  1. a surname