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Catania

Catania

English

Proper noun

Catania

  1. Province of Sicily, Italy.
  2. Town and capital of Catania.

Translations

Italian

Etymology

Named by the indigenous peoples of Sicels; from the Sicilian word katane, meaning "grater, flaying knife, skinning place" or a "crude tool apt to pare."[1] The name was adopted by Greek settlers, survived Hellenization and passed into Roman rule.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Catania f

  1. Catania (province)
  2. Catania (town)

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Various authors (1987), Enciclopedia di Catania, Tringale

Sicilian

Proper noun

Catania f

  1. Catania

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