Mondovì

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Piedmontese Ël Mondvì, itself from ël mont ëd Vi (“the mountain of Vico”). The Algerian placename was named after the Battle of Mondovi, fought near the Italian town.

Proper noun

Mondovì f

  1. a town in Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
  2. (historical) Dréan (a town in Algeria), called Mondovi during the French colonial era.
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