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Definition of La spezia
1. Noun. A port city in Liguria on an arm of the Ligurian Sea; a major seaport and year-round resort.
Definition of La spezia
1. Proper noun. Province of Liguria, Italy. ¹
2. Proper noun. Port and capital of La Spezia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of La Spezia
Literary usage of La spezia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1858)
"Now the ammonites described by Sowerby and many others, which occur at la spezia
in the lower beds of the variegated schists, and in the black limestone ..."
2. A Geological Manual by Henry Thomas De La Beche (1833)
"These limestones occur on the other or eastern side of the Gulf of la spezia,
and dolomitic rocks are also found among them. The mode on which they repose ..."
3. Handbook for Travellers in Northern Italy by John Murray (Firm) (1858)
"la spezia (Inns : Croce di Malta: very good ; a new Hotel on the shore, ...
Of late years, la spezia having become a well-frequented watering-place, ..."
4. Handbook for Travellers in Northern Italy: Comprising Piedmont, Liguria by John Murray (Firm) (1863)
"la spezia. (Between Borghetto and la spezia an extra horse both ways all the year.)
[The coast-road from Sestri to la spezia possesses equal interest, ..."