Murano

See also: murano

English

Proper noun

Murano

1. A series of islands on the northern edge of Venice.
2. (attributive) Designating or pertaining to the glass-making industry of Murano.
   • 1999, Mike Mitchell, translating Johann Grimmelshausen, Simplicissimus, Dedalus 2016, p. 18:

     [H]e knew that, counting from the hemp or flax seed, the paper with which they were covered took much more time and labour before it was finished than the finest and clearest Murano glass.

   • 2005, Canoe Gandilhon, The Emperor's Bracelet, p. 68:

     Vivienne would have liked to see glassmakers and buy a Murano vase.

   • 2009, Monica Ali, In The Kitchen:

     Fifties film posters hung above Moroccan leather floor cushions, a Murano glass light fitting over a salvage yard chair, effortlessly gathered in a pick 'n' mix assembly that mysteriously became a unified whole.

Anagrams

• Nomura, manour

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Italian

Etymology

From the Roman name, Latin Amurianum, a port of Altinum.

Proper noun

Murano ?

1. An island in the Venetian lagoon

Derived terms

• muranese

References

• L'île de Murano » www.azurever.com