Prosecco (Italian: [proˈsekko]; Slovene: Prosek)[1] is a village near the city of Trieste, Italy.

[2] It lies 249 metres (817 feet) above sea level.

[3] Prosecco was attested in written sources in 1308 as Prossecho (and as Prosec in 1372, Prossegk in 1421, and Proseck and Prosseck in 1494).

The name is of Slovene origin, derived from the dialect common noun prosek 'path cut through the woods' (cf.

[4] The newer part of the locality known as Borgo San Nazario, built in the 1950s and 1960s, is mainly inhabited by Istrian Italians who left Istria after the end of World War II.