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vaporetto
(vap¦or|etto)
Pronunciation:
/ˌvapəˈrɛtəʊ/
noun
(
plural
vaporetti
/-ti/ or
vaporettos
)
(in Venice) a canal boat (originally a steamboat, now a motor boat) used for public transport.
Origin:
Italian, diminutive of
vapore
'steam', from Latin
vapor
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