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Rialto

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Ri·al·to  (r-lt)
A city of southern California, a residential suburb of San Bernardino. Population: 99,500.
ri·al·to  (r-lt, r-äl-)
n. pl. ri·al·tos
1. A theatrical district.
2. A marketplace.
[After Rialto, an island of Venice where a market was situated.]
rialto [rɪˈæltəʊ]
n pl -tos
(Business / Commerce) a market or exchange
[after the Rialto]
Rialto [rɪˈæltəʊ]
n
(Placename) an island in Venice, Italy, linked with San Marco Island by the Rialto Bridge (1590) over the Grand Canal: the business centre of medieval and renaissance Venice


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By this time the 3126 electric lights on the Rialto were alight.
The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context
I walked to and fro in that city, so beloved of her citizens; I went from the Rialto Bridge, along the Grand Canal, and from the Riva degli Schiavoni to the Lido, returning to St.
Facino Cane by de Balzac, Honore View in context
I have pointed out to her that the celebrated Mr Eustace, the classical tourist, did not think much of it; and that he compared the Rialto, greatly to its disadvantage, with Westminster and Blackfriars Bridges.
Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context
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