vaporetto
noun
va·po·ret·to
ˌvä-pə-ˈre-(ˌ)tō 
plural vaporetti
ˌvä-pə-ˈre-tē
also vaporettos
also vaporettos
: a motorboat serving as a canal bus in Venice, Italy
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Prices are hiked up for tourists, the museums jammed, the vaporettos and gondolas vie for space on the canals.
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John Mariani, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Take a vaporetto, or water bus, to the northern islands of Burano, Mazzorbo, and Torcello.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 12 Oct. 2024
Public transportation is limited to water buses (called vaporetto) traveling the Grand Canal, which cuts through the center of the city, and those that circle the city from the exterior in the Venetian Lagoon.
—Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Arrive by vaporetto, the quintessential mode of transport, to these fashionable spots.
—Kathy A. McDonald, Variety, 30 Aug. 2023
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John Mariani, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Take a vaporetto, or water bus, to the northern islands of Burano, Mazzorbo, and Torcello.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 12 Oct. 2024
Public transportation is limited to water buses (called vaporetto) traveling the Grand Canal, which cuts through the center of the city, and those that circle the city from the exterior in the Venetian Lagoon.
—Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Arrive by vaporetto, the quintessential mode of transport, to these fashionable spots.
—Kathy A. McDonald, Variety, 30 Aug. 2023
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“Vaporetto.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vaporetto. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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