Sorrento
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Sorrento is the name of many cities and towns:
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- SorrentoSorrentoSorrento is the name of many cities and towns:*Sorrento, Italy*Sorrento, Florida, United States*Sorrento, Louisiana, United States*Sorrento, Maine, United States*Sorrento, Victoria, a township on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia...
, Italy - Sorrento, FloridaSorrento, FloridaSorrento is a census-designated place and town in Lake County, Florida, USA. The population was 765 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Sorrento is located at ....
, United States - Sorrento, LouisianaSorrento, LouisianaSorrento is a town in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,227 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Sorrento is located at ....
, United States - Sorrento, MaineSorrento, MaineSorrento is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 290 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water....
, United States - Sorrento, VictoriaSorrento, VictoriaSorrento is a township in Victoria, Australia, located on the shores of Port Phillip on the Mornington Peninsula, about one and a half hours south of Melbourne...
, a township on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia - Sorrento, Western AustraliaSorrento, Western AustraliaSorrento is a northern coastal suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Joondalup. At its northwestern corner is the Hillarys Boat Harbour, built in the late 1980s.-History:...
, suburb of Perth, Western Australia - Sorrento, Hong Kong, the largest residential development on Kowloon MTR Station
- Sorrento Valley, San Diego, CaliforniaSorrento Valley, San Diego, CaliforniaSorrento Valley is a neighborhood of San Diego, California. It is located about 15 mi north of Downtown San Diego and its main airport, Lindbergh Field...
, USA - Sorrento, British ColumbiaSorrento, British ColumbiaSorrento is an unincorporated settlement located on the south shore of Shuswap Lake in the Southern Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located on the Trans-Canada Highway, and is 16 miles northeast of the town of Chase and 28 miles northwest of the city of Salmon Arm...
, Canada
Other uses:
- Sorrento Calcio, Italian football club
- Sorrento LactalisSorrento LactalisSorrento Lactalis is one of the largest cheese companies in America, owned by the world's second largest dairy products company Lactalis, based in France.-History:...
, American cheese company, and makers of the brand Sorrento - Sorrentine PeninsulaSorrentine PeninsulaThe Sorrentine Peninsula or Sorrento Peninsula is a peninsula located in southern Italy that separates the Gulf of Naples to the north from the Gulf of Salerno to the south.-Overview:...
, a geographic feature in Italy, named for the city of Sorrento - Duchy of SorrentoDuchy of SorrentoThe Duchy of Sorrento was a small peninsular principality of the Early Middle Ages centred on the Italian city of Sorrento.Originally, Sorrento was part of the Byzantine Duchy of Naples in the Dark Ages, but in the ninth century, along with Amalfi and Gaeta, it broke away from the Neapolitans to...
, a principality of the Early Middle Ages centred on Sorrento, Italy - Siren Sorento, a character from the anime/manga series Saint Seiya
- Sorrento StakesSorrento StakesThe Sorrento Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. It is open only to two-year-old fillies and is run at a distance of six and one-half furlongs on Polytrack...
, a thoroughbred horse race in Del Mar, California, USA - Kia SorentoKia SorentoThe Kia Sorento is a mid-size crossover SUV produced since 2002 by the South Korean automaker Kia Motors.- First generation :...
, a Korean car - Paul SorrentoPaul SorrentoPaul Anthony Sorrento is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball. From 1989 through 1999, Sorrento played for the Minnesota Twins , Cleveland Indians , Seattle Mariners and Tampa Bay Devil Rays . He batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
, American baseball player, a number of ships with this name