n.
Pronunciation: tr ē - ' est, - ' es-t ē , - ' es-t ā
Variant: or Slovene and Croatian Trst \ ' t ə rst \
Function: geographical name
city & port NE Italy capital of Friuli-Venezia Giulia on Gulf of Trieste (inlet at head of the Adriatic NW of the Istrian Peninsula) pop 215,096; once belonged to Austria; part of Italy 1919-47; in 1947 made with surrounding territory the Free Territory of Trieste under administration of the United Nations; city with N part of Free Territory returned to Italy 1953, S part of territory having previously been absorbed into Yugoslavia
– Tri · es · tine \ tr ē - ' es-t ə n, - ˌ t ē n \ adjective