Tri·este (tr - st , -st) A city of extreme northeast Italy on the Gulf of Trieste, an inlet of the Gulf of Venice at the head of the Adriatic Sea. Held by Austria from 1382 until 1919, Trieste became in 1947 the center of the Free Territory of Trieste administered by the United Nations. In 1954 the territory was divided; the city and northern zone were given to Italy and the remainder of the area became part of Yugoslavia. Population: 205,000. |
Trieste [triːˈɛst (Italian) triˈɛste]
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1. (Placename) a port in NE Italy, capital of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, on the Gulf of Trieste at the head of the Adriatic Sea: under Austrian rule (1382-1918); capital of the Free Territory of Trieste (1947-54); important transit port for central Europe. Pop.: 216 459 (2000 est.) Slovene and Serbo-Croat name Trst
2. (Placename) Free Territory of. a former territory on the N Adriatic: established by the UN in 1947; most of the N part passed to Italy and the remainder to Yugoslavia in 1954
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