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.

Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center, Port
Group relationships: Liguria

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

LaSalle
LaTonya
LaVeyan
LaVeyan Satanism
La Crosse
La Fayette
La Fontaine
La Marseillaise
La Niña
La Paz
La Plata
La Pérouse Strait
La Rioja
La Rochefoucauld
La Rochelle
La Spezia
La Tour
La Toya
La Vergne
La Verne
La protein
Laal
Labadism
Labadist
Labadists
Laban
Laband's syndrome
Labanotation
Labarraque's solution
Labbe's neurocirculatory syndrome

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, ..."

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