indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Settlement
Usage Italian
Meaning & History
The name of a city in north-eastern Italy, bordering the Balkans. From old Venetic Tergeste, a combination terg, "market", cognate to Albanian treg, Proto-Slavic *tъrgъ, Old Norse torg, and a typical place-name venetic suffix, -este.Trieste is a city on the Gulf of Trieste on the north Adriatic Sea.