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stradone

wide road

noun strah-DOH-neh Rare
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Origin: augmentative of strada (road), from Latin strata (via)

Also means

boulevard

Usage Note

Stradone is an augmentative of strada, formed with the suffix -one, indicating a wide, long, or imposing road — often a tree-lined country lane or an urban boulevard. Like all -one augmentatives, it is masculine regardless of the base noun's gender (la strada → lo stradone).

Examples

"Hanno percorso un lungo stradone alberato."

Natural Translation

They travelled along a long tree-lined road.

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