Murano

See also: murano

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Murano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʊˈɹɑːnəʊ/

Proper noun

Murano (countable and uncountable, plural Muranos)

1. A series of islands on the northern edge of Venice.
2. (attributive) Designating or pertaining to the glassmaking industry of Murano.
   • 1999, Jakob Grimmelshausen, translated by Mike Mitchell, Simplicius Simplicissimus, Dedalus, published 2016, page 18:

     [H]e knew that, counting from the hemp or flax seed, the paper with which they were covered took much more time and labour before it was finished than the finest and clearest Murano glass.

   • 2005, Canoe Gandilhon, The Emperor's Bracelet, page 68:

     Vivienne would have liked to see glassmakers and buy a Murano vase.

   • 2009, Monica Ali, In The Kitchen:

     Fifties film posters hung above Moroccan leather floor cushions, a Murano glass light fitting over a salvage yard chair, effortlessly gathered in a pick 'n' mix assembly that mysteriously became a unified whole.

3. A habitational surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Murano is the 37492^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 594 individuals. Murano is most common among White (85.19%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Murano”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 636.

Anagrams

• Nomura, manour

Italian

Etymology

From the Roman name, Latin Amurianum, a port of Altinum.

Proper noun

Murano ?

1. an island in the Venetian lagoon

Proper noun

Murano m or f by sense

1. a habitational surname

Derived terms

• muranese

Further reading

• L'île de Murano » www.azurever.com