verrazano

Questions about verrazano

What does verrazano mean?

verrazano means "Florentine navigator who explored the eastern coast of North America (circa 1485-1528)".

How many syllables are in verrazano?

verrazano has 4 syllables and divides as ver-ra-za-no under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for verrazano?

Close synonyms include Giovanni da Verrazano, Verrazzano, Giovanni da Verrazzano. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is verrazano a common word?

verrazano is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.