Nicosia

/ˌnɪkəˈsiːə/

From Medieval Latin and Old French Nicosia, from Byzantine Greek Λευκωσία (Leukōsía), variant of Λευκουσία (Leukousía), equivalent to λευκός (leukós, “white”) or λεύκη (leúkē, “poplar”) + οὐσία (ousía, “property, estate”), but deriving from various Ancient Greek forms including Λευτεῶν (Leuteôn), Λευκοθέον (Leukothéon), and Λευκούπολις (Leukoúpolis) adapting an early or pre-Greek name variously recorded as Λέδραι (Lédrai), Λῆδρον (Lêdron), Λεδρῶν (Ledrôn), Λήδρα (Lḗdra), etc. Doublet of Lefkosia.

A comune in Enna province, Sicily, Italy.


Palermo

/pəˈlɜː(ɹ)məʊ/

/pəˈlɛə(ɹ)məʊ/

From Italian Palermo, from Sicilian Palermu, from Arabic بَلَرْم (Balarm), from Latin Panormus, from Ancient Greek Πάνορμος (Pánormos), from πᾰν- (păn-, “all”) + ὅρμος (hórmos, “port”) for its natural harbor.

A city in Italy, capital of the Metropolitan City of Palermo, and of Sicily.

A metropolitan city in Sicily established in 2015.

(historical) A former province of Sicily, Italy.


Palermo

Palermo (a city and province of Sicily, Italy)


Palermo

English: Palermo

Ottoman Turkish: پالرمو (Palermo)

Turkish: Palermo


Palermo

Borrowed from Italian Palermo, from Sicilian Palermu, from Arabic بَلَرْم (balarm), from Latin Panormus, from Ancient Greek Πάνορμος (Pánormos), from πᾰν- (păn-) + ὅρμος (hórmos).


Palermo

The barrio of Buenos Aires is named after Juan Domínguez Palermo.


Syracuse

en-proper noun

Syracuse (countable and uncountable, plural Syracuses)

From French Syracuse, from Latin Syrācūsae, from Ancient Greek Συρᾱ́κουσαι (Surā́kousai) attested from 8th century BC, from a Pre-Greek name, possibly Phoenician 𐤔𐤄𐤓𐤀𐤇 (šhrʾḥ, “to feel ill”) in reference to the ancient port's proximity to a swamp. As a surname, an anglicized form of Italian Siracusa. Compare Sicilian Saragusa.

A placename:
A former province of Sicily, Italy.

A city in Sicily, Italy; the former capital of the province.

Sirakuse

city and port in the province of Syracuse, Sicily


Syracuse

Syracuse (the capital city of the province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy)


Agrigento

Borrowed from Latin Agrigentum, possibly from the root words ager (“field”) and gēns (“clan, kin”), but more likely to be a corruption of Ancient Greek Ἀκράγᾰντᾰ (Akrágăntă), from ἄκρος (ákros, “at the edge”). Cognate to Sicilian Girgenti.

Agrigento (a province and city in Sicily, Italy)


Agrigento

Borrowed from Italian Agrigento, from Latin Agrigentum, possibly from the root words ager (“field”) and gēns (“clan, kin”), but more likely to be a corruption of Ancient Greek Ἀκράγᾰντᾰ (Akrágăntă), accusative of Ἀκράγᾱς (Akrágās), from ἄκρος (ákros, “at the edge”).


Caltanissetta

From Italian Caltanissetta, from its ancient Arabic toponym قَلْعَة النِسَاء (qalʕa an-nisāʔ, “Fort of the Women”).


Caltanissetta

From the Arabic name in antiquity, قَلْعَة النِسَاء (qalʕa an-nisāʔ, “Fort of the Women”).

Caltanissetta (a city and province of Sicily, Italy)


Catania

Catania (countable and uncountable, plural Catanias)

The capital city of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy.


Catania

Named by the indigenous Sicel people; from Sicel katane (“grater, flaying knife, skinning place; crude tool apt to pare”) (compare Ancient Greek κατάνη (katánē)). The name was adopted by Greek settlers, survived Hellenization and passed into Roman rule.

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Catania (a metropolitan city of Sicily, Italy)

Catania (the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy)


Enna

[…] she that was rapt by the Dark God from the flowering fields of Enna, to be Queen for ever among the dead that be departed.

1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros, London: Jonathan Cape, page 4:


Messina

From Italian Messina. Doublet of Messene.

A former province of Sicily, Italy, replaced by the Metropolitan City of Messina.

A city, formerly the provincial capital of Messina province, Sicily.


Messina

From Latin Messāna, from Ancient Greek Μεσσήνη (Messḗnē, “Messene”), named by a Greek tyrant after the site of Ancient Messene in Peloponnese, Greece.

Messina (a city and province of Sicily, Italy)


Ragusa

en-proper noun

Ragusa (countable and uncountable, plural Ragusas)

Borrowed from Italian Ragusa, from Latin Ragusia. Probably from Proto-Albanian *rāguša (“grape”) (modern Albanian rrush)


Ragusa

Ragusa (a town and province of Sicily, Italy)


Ragusa

A former province, now Libero Consorzio in Sicily, Italy.


Trapani

The capital city of the province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy.


Trapani

Trapani (the capital city of the province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy)


Trapani

Ultimately from Latin Drepanum, Drepanon, Ancient Greek Δρέπανον (Drépanon, “sickle”), a reference to the curving shape of its harbor.


Syracusae

la-proper noun

Syrācūsae f pl (genitive Syrācūsārum); first declension

Syrācūsae (canonical feminine plural)
Syrācūsārum (genitive)
Syrācūsae (nominative plural)
Syrācūsārum (genitive plural)
Syrācūsīs (dative plural)
Syrācūsās (accusative plural)
Syrācūsīs (ablative plural)
Syrācūsae (plural vocative)
Syrācūsīs (locative plural)

→ English: Syracuse

Italian: Siracusa

Sicilian: Saragusa

[s̠ʏräːˈkuːs̠äe̯]

From Ancient Greek Συρᾱ́κουσαι (Surā́kousai).


Vulcano

Vulcano (a small volcanic island north of Sicily)


Delia

From the Ancient Greek Δήλῐᾰ (Dḗlĭă), epithet of the goddess Artemis, referring to her birth on the island of Delos.


Augusta

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Augusta.wav

From Latin Augusta, feminine of Augustus. The places are mostly named for British royalty.


Palermu

Conflation of Arabic بَلَرْم (balarm), ultimately from Latin Panormus, from Ancient Greek Πάνορμος (Pánormos), from πᾰν- (păn-, “all”) + ὅρμος (hórmos, “port”), apparently because of the good natural harbor.

Paljemmu

rising diphthongization and regressive assimilation

Palejmmu

ioticized /r/, triggering: falling diphthongization and regressive assimilation; dialectal

Palìajmmu

ioticized /r/, triggering: falling diphthongization, stressed vowel enlenghtening and regressive assimilation; dialectal

Palermo (the capital city of Sicily, Italy)

Palermo (a metropolitan city of Sicily, Italy)


Marsala

From Sicilian Marsala, from an Arabic name, probably مَرْسَى عَلِيّ (marsā ʕaliyy, “Ali's harbor”), or possibly مَرْسَى اللّٰه (marsā llāh, “God's harbor”). In any case, the first element is مَرْسَى (marsā, “harbor”).


Καμάρινα

grc-proper noun

Κᾰμάρῑνα • (Kămárīna) f (genitive Κᾰμᾰρῑ́νης); first declension

Κᾰμάρῑνα (canonical)
Kămárīna (romanization)
Κᾰμᾰρῑ́νης (genitive)
ἡ Καμάρινᾰ (nominative singular)
τῆς Καμαρίνης (genitive singular)
τῇ Καμαρίνῃ (dative singular)
τὴν Καμάρινᾰν (accusative singular)
Καμάρινᾰ (singular vocative)

Kamarina (an ancient city on the southern coast of Sicily in Magna Graecia)


Κατάνη

Κᾰτᾰ́νη • (Kătắnē) f (genitive Κᾰτᾰ́νης); first declension

Κᾰτᾰ́νη (canonical)
Kătắnē (romanization)
Κᾰτᾰ́νης (genitive)
ἡ Κᾰτᾰ́νη (nominative singular)
τῆς Κᾰτᾰ́νης (genitive singular)
τῇ Κᾰτᾰ́νῃ (dative singular)
τὴν Κᾰτᾰ́νην (accusative singular)
Κᾰτᾰ́νη (singular vocative)

Latin: Catana; Catina

Of Sicel origin, from katane (“grater”). See κατάνη (katánē, “grater”).

Catana, Catania (a city on the east coast of Sicily)


Αἴτνη

Αἴτνη • (Aítnē) f (genitive Αἴτνης); first declension

Aítnē (romanization)
Αἴτνης (genitive)
ἡ Αἴτνη (nominative singular)
τῆς Αἴτνης (genitive singular)
τῇ Αἴτνῃ (dative singular)
τὴν Αἴτνην (accusative singular)
Αἴτνη (singular vocative)

→ Latin: Aetna (see there for more)

Uncertain, possibly from a Pre-Greek substrate. Suggested connection with Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”), with dʰ > t through Siculan dialect. If so, then cognate with Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”), Latin aestus (“hot”), aestās (“summer”), possibly aedis (“shrine, temple”).

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Κατάνη (Katánē)
Κατάνη

Λεοντῖνοι (Leontînoi)
Λεοντῖνοι

(Toponym) Aetna (an ancient city in Sicily); Diodorus Siculus and Strabo write that Hiero conquered Κατάνη (Katánē) and deported its inhabitants to Λεοντῖνοι (Leontînoi), repopulating it with Greeks of Doric descent and changing its name to Aítnā.


Γέλα

grc-proper noun

Γέλᾱ • (Gélā) f (genitive Γέλᾱς); first declension

Γέλᾱ (canonical)
Gélā (romanization)
Γέλᾱς (genitive)
ἡ Γέλᾱ (nominative singular)
τῆς Γέλᾱς (genitive singular)
τῇ Γέλᾳ (dative singular)
τὴν Γέλᾱν (accusative singular)
Γέλᾱ (singular vocative)

Greek: Γέλα (Géla)

Italian: Gela

Latin: Gela

Sicilian: Gela

Named after Γέλᾱς (Gélās, “the river Gela”).


Λάβδαλον

Λάβδαλον • (Lábdalon) n (genitive Λαβδάλου); second declension

Lábdalon (romanization)
Λαβδάλου (genitive)
τὸ Λᾰ́βδᾰλον (nominative singular)
τοῦ Λᾰβδᾰ́λου (genitive singular)
τῷ Λᾰβδᾰ́λῳ (dative singular)
τὸ Λᾰ́βδᾰλον (accusative singular)
Λᾰ́βδᾰλον (singular vocative)

Greek: Λάβδαλο (Lávdalo)

→ Latin: Labdalum

Italian: Labdalo

Labdalum (an ancient fortress in modern-day Syracuse, Sicily, Italy)


Λεοντῖνοι

Λεοντῖνοι • (Leontînoi) m (genitive Λεοντῑ́νων); second declension

Leontînoi (romanization)
Λεοντῑ́νων (genitive)
οἱ Λεοντῖνοι (nominative plural)
τῶν Λεοντῑ́νων (genitive plural)
τοῖς Λεοντῑ́νοις (dative plural)
τοὺς Λεοντῑ́νους (accusative plural)
Λεοντῖνοι (plural vocative)

Greek: Λεοντίνοι (Leontínoi)

Latin: Leontīnī

Sicilian: Lintini

Italian: Lentini

From the genitive stem of λέων (léōn, “lion”) + the plural form of -ῖνος (-înos, “suffix forming adjectives of place”), meaning “the ones related to lions”. Compare the demonym Βυζαντῖνος (Buzantînos).

36 BCE – 30 BCE, Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library 14.14

110 CE – 180 CE, Pausanias Periegeta, Graeciae Descriptio 5.22.7

460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.4

390 BCE, Plato, Hippias Major 282b

200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 7.6

46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Nicias 12

Leontini (an ancient city, modern-day Lentini in the province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy)


Ζάγκλη

Ζᾰ́γκλη • (Zắnklē) f (genitive Ζᾰ́γκλης); first declension

Ζᾰ́γκλη (canonical)
Zắnklē (romanization)
Ζᾰ́γκλης (genitive)
ἡ Ζᾰ́γκλη (nominative singular)
τῆς Ζᾰ́γκλης (genitive singular)
τῇ Ζᾰ́γκλῃ (dative singular)
τὴν Ζᾰ́γκλην (accusative singular)
Ζᾰ́γκλη (singular vocative)

Greek: Ζάγκλη (Zágkli)

→ Latin: Zanclē

Italian: Zancle

Sicilian: Zancle

Zancle (a city in Sicily; modern Messina)


Etna

Borrowed from Latin Aetna, from either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aith-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”).


Etna

From Latin Aetna, from either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “to burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aith-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *ai-dh, from *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”).


Grotte

From Vulgar Latin gruptae, from Latin cryptae.

A town and comune of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy


Siracusa

Holonym: Sicília

Syracuse (a city and province of Sicily, Italy)


Siracusa

Borrowed from Italian Siracusa, from Latin Syrācūsae, from Ancient Greek Συράκουσαι (Surákousai).


Corleone

From Sicilian Cunigghiuni or Curliuni, from Aragonese Coriglione or Conillon, from Norman Coraigliòn, from Latin Curilionum, from Arabic قُرْلِيُون (qurliyūn), from Ancient Greek Κουρουλλουνέ (Kouroullouné). Alternatively from Latin *Corleōne, from cor (“heart”) + leōnis (“of the lion”).

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Κουρουλλουνέ

A small town in Sicily, home of an infamous Mafia family


Achates

la-proper noun

Achātēs m sg (genitive Achātae); first declension

Achātēs (canonical masculine singular)
Achātae (genitive)
Achātēs (nominative singular)
Achātae (genitive singular)
Achātae (dative singular)
Achātēn (accusative singular)
Achātē (ablative singular)
Achātē (singular vocative)

[ˈäkʰät̪eːs̠]

A river in Sicily, known as the place where agates were found, now the river Dirillo


פלרמו

he-proper noun

פָּלֶרְמוֹ • (palermo) f

פָּלֶרְמוֹ (canonical)
palermo (romanization)

Palermo (a city in Italy, capital of the Metropolitan City of Palermo, and of Sicily)


Messine

Borrowed from Italian Messina, from Latin Messāna, from Ancient Greek Μεσσήνη (Messḗnē).

Messina (a metropolitan city of Sicily, Italy)

Messina (the capital city of the metropolitan city of Messina, Sicily, Italy)


Palerme

Palermo (the capital city of Sicily, Italy; capital city of the metropolitan city of Palermo, Sicily, Italy)


Syrakuzy

Syrakuzy (nominative plural)
Syrakuz (genitive plural)
Syrakuzom (dative plural)
Syrakuzy (accusative plural)
Syrakuzami (instrumental plural)
Syrakuzach (locative plural)
Syrakuzy (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin Syrācūsae, from Ancient Greek Συρᾱ́κουσαι (Surā́kousai).


Lipari

en-proper noun

Lipari (countable and uncountable, plural Liparis)

A municipality in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy and the largest settlement of the homonymous island.


Lipari

Lipari (a municipality of the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy)


Lipari

the largest of the Aeolian islands off the coast of Sicily, Italy


Magna Graecia

(historical) The ancient coastal regions of Sicily and southern Italy once colonized by Greek settlers.

大希臘 /大希腊

Ancient Greek colonies in Italy and Sicily


Magna Graecia

Magna Graecia (nominative singular)
Magna Graecia (accusative nominative singular)
Magna Graecian (accusative genitive singular)
Magna Graecian (genitive singular)
Magna Graeciaa (partitive singular)
Magna Graeciassa (inessive singular)
Magna Graeciasta (elative singular)
Magna Graeciaan (illative singular)
Magna Graecialla (adessive singular)
Magna Graecialta (ablative singular)
Magna Graecialle (allative singular)
Magna Graeciana (essive singular)
Magna Graeciaksi (singular translative)
Magna Graeciatta (abessive singular)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
Magna Graeciani (nominative singular)
Magna Graeciani (accusative nominative singular)
Magna Graeciani (accusative genitive singular)
Magna Graeciani (genitive singular)
Magna Graeciaani (partitive singular)
Magna Graeciassani (inessive singular)
Magna Graeciastani (elative singular)
Magna Graeciaani (illative singular)
Magna Graeciallani (adessive singular)
Magna Graecialtani (ablative singular)
Magna Graecialleni (allative singular)
Magna Graecianani (essive singular)
Magna Graeciakseni (singular translative)
Magna Graeciattani (abessive singular)
Magna Graeciasi (nominative singular)
Magna Graeciasi (accusative nominative singular)
Magna Graeciasi (accusative genitive singular)
Magna Graeciasi (genitive singular)
Magna Graeciaasi (partitive singular)
Magna Graeciassasi (inessive singular)
Magna Graeciastasi (elative singular)
Magna Graeciaasi (illative singular)
Magna Graeciallasi (adessive singular)
Magna Graecialtasi (ablative singular)
Magna Graeciallesi (allative singular)
Magna Graecianasi (essive singular)
Magna Graeciaksesi (singular translative)
Magna Graeciattasi (abessive singular)
Magna Graeciamme (nominative singular)
Magna Graeciamme (accusative nominative singular)
Magna Graeciamme (accusative genitive singular)
Magna Graeciamme (genitive singular)
Magna Graeciaamme (partitive singular)
Magna Graeciassamme (inessive singular)
Magna Graeciastamme (elative singular)
Magna Graeciaamme (illative singular)
Magna Graeciallamme (adessive singular)
Magna Graecialtamme (ablative singular)
Magna Graeciallemme (allative singular)
Magna Graecianamme (essive singular)
Magna Graeciaksemme (singular translative)
Magna Graeciattamme (abessive singular)
Magna Graecianne (nominative singular)
Magna Graecianne (accusative nominative singular)
Magna Graecianne (accusative genitive singular)
Magna Graecianne (genitive singular)
Magna Graeciaanne (partitive singular)
Magna Graeciassanne (inessive singular)
Magna Graeciastanne (elative singular)
Magna Graeciaanne (illative singular)
Magna Graeciallanne (adessive singular)
Magna Graecialtanne (ablative singular)
Magna Graeciallenne (allative singular)
Magna Graeciananne (essive singular)
Magna Graeciaksenne (singular translative)
Magna Graeciattanne (abessive singular)
Magna Graeciansa (nominative singular)
Magna Graeciansa (accusative nominative singular)
Magna Graeciansa (accusative genitive singular)
Magna Graeciansa (genitive singular)
Magna Graeciaansa (partitive singular)
Magna Graeciassaan (inessive singular)
Magna Graeciassansa (inessive singular)
Magna Graeciastaan (elative singular)
Magna Graeciastansa (elative singular)
Magna Graeciaansa (illative singular)
Magna Graeciallaan (adessive singular)
Magna Graeciallansa (adessive singular)
Magna Graecialtaan (ablative singular)
Magna Graecialtansa (ablative singular)
Magna Graecialleen (allative singular)
Magna Graeciallensa (allative singular)
Magna Graecianaan (essive singular)
Magna Graecianansa (essive singular)
Magna Graeciakseen (singular translative)
Magna Graeciaksensa (singular translative)
Magna Graeciattaan (abessive singular)
Magna Graeciattansa (abessive singular)

Magna Graecia
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(historical) Magna Graecia (The ancient coastal regions of Sicily and southern Italy once colonized by Greek settlers)


Magna Graecia

la-proper noun

Magna Graecia f sg (genitive Magnae Graeciae); first declension

Magnae Graeciae (genitive)
Magna Graecia (nominative singular)
Magnae Graeciae (genitive singular)
Magnae Graeciae (dative singular)
Magnam Graeciam (accusative singular)
Magnā Graeciā (ablative singular)
Magna Graecia (singular vocative)
Magnae Graeciae (locative singular)

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Μεγᾰ́λη Ἑλλᾰ́ς

→ Koine Greek: Μεγᾰ́λη Ἑλλᾰ́ς (Megắlē Hellắs)

Μεγάλη Ελλάς

Byzantine Greek: Μεγάλη Ελλάς (Megálē Ellás)

Μεγάλη Ελλάδα

Greek: Μεγάλη Ελλάδα (Megáli Elláda)

[ˈmäŋnä ˈɡräe̯kiä]

[ˈmäɲːä ˈɡrɛːt͡ʃiä]


Pantelleria

/ˌpæntəˈlɛəɹiə/

/ˌpʌntəˈlɛəɹiə/

Borrowed from Italian Pantelleria, from Sicilian Pantiddirìa, from Arabic بِنْتُ الرِّياح (bintu ar-riyāḥ, “daugther of the winds”), perhaps through a dialectal Arabic form with a genitive particle (equivalent to a theoretical Maltese *bint tar-rjieħ, *bint tal-irjieħ).

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بِنْتُ الرِّياح

An inhabited volcanic island belonging to the province of Trapani, Sicily, between Italy and Tunisia.


Pantelleria

From Sicilian Pantiddirìa, from Arabic بِنْتُ الرِّياح (bintu ar-riyāḥ, “daugther of the winds”), perhaps through a dialectal Arabic form with a genitive particle (equivalent to a theoretical Maltese *bint tar-rjieħ, *bint tal-irjieħ). The island was Arabic-speaking until the 18th century. Its older Latin name was Cossura.

بِنْتُ الرِّياح


Mongibello

Borrowed from Sicilian Muncibbeḍḍu. By fake etyomology believed to be a blend of monte + bello.


Caltagirone

en-proper noun

Caltagirone (countable and uncountable, plural Caltagirones)

A city in the province of Catania, Sicily, Italy.


Caltagirone

The first part is undoubtedly from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa, “fortress, castle”), while the second one could either derive from غِيرَان (ḡīrān), plural of غَار (ḡār, “cave, cavern”), or from خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr, “pig, swine, hog”).


Cannizzaro

From Sicilian Cannizzaru, from Sicilian cannizzaru (“related to somewhere or someone related to reeds or wattle”), from cannizzu (“wattle”), from canna.

A small town in Catania, Sicily, Aci Castello


Monreale

From Latin mōns rēgālis (literally “royal mountain”).


Buscemi

From Italian Buscemi, from Sicilian Buscema, from Old Sicilian Buxema, from Arabic قَلْعَةْ أَبُو شَامَة (qalʕat ʔabū šāma), meaning “Castle of the man with the mole”.

قَلْعَةْ أَبُو شَامَة

Buscemi (a small town in the province of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy)


Buscemi

Buscemi (a small town in the province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy)


Bronte

From Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”) or Βρόντης (Bróntēs, “Thunderer, name of one of the cyclops”).

A town and comune in the metropolitan city of Catania, Sicily, Italy, origin of the title Duke of Bronte.


Aetna

From the Latin Aetna, from either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aith-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *ai-dh, from *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”). Doublet of Etna.

(historical) An ancient city in Sicily, in modern Italy, situated at the foot of Mount Etna, on its southern declivity.


Aetna

la-proper noun

Aetna f sg (genitive Aetnae); first declension

Aetnae (genitive)
Aetna (nominative singular)
Aetnae (genitive singular)
Aetnae (dative singular)
Aetnam (accusative singular)
Aetnā (ablative singular)
Aetna (singular vocative)

→ English: Aetna

→ Italian: Etna

→ English: Etna

→ Greek: Αίτνα (Aítna)

→ Portuguese: Etna

→ Sicilian: Etna

From Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aith-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *ai-dh, from *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”). Cognate with aestus (“hot”), aestās (“summer”).

Mount Etna (the celebrated volcano of Sicily in modern Italy, in the interior of which, according to fable, was the forge of Vulcan, where the cyclops forged thunderbolts for Jupiter, and under which the latter buried the monster Typhon)

Aetna (an ancient city in Sicily, in modern Italy, situated at the foot of Mount Etna)


Alcamo

Borrowed from Italian Alcamo, from Arabic الْقَامُوق (al-qāmūq).

A commune and town in Trapani, Sicily, Italy.


Alcamo

Borrowed from Arabic الْقَامُوق (al-qāmūq).


Erice

A town and commune of the province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy.


Erice

Erice (a town and commune of the province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy)


Segesta

la-proper noun

Segesta f sg (genitive Segestae); first declension

Segestae (genitive)
Segesta (nominative singular)
Segestae (genitive singular)
Segestae (dative singular)
Segestam (accusative singular)
Segestā (ablative singular)
Segesta (singular vocative)
Segestae (locative singular)

An ancient city in Sicily, founded by the Elymian


Messana

Messāna f sg (genitive Messānae); first declension

Messāna (canonical feminine singular)
Messānae (genitive)
Messāna (nominative singular)
Messānae (genitive singular)
Messānae (dative singular)
Messānam (accusative singular)
Messānā (ablative singular)
Messāna (singular vocative)
Messānae (locative singular)

[mɛs̠ˈs̠äːnä]


Палермо

ru-proper noun

Пале́рмо • (Palérmo) m inan (indeclinable)

Пале́рмо (canonical)
Palérmo (romanization)


Gela

la-proper noun

Gela m sg (genitive Gelae); first declension

Gelae (genitive)
Gela (nominative singular)
Gelae (genitive singular)
Gelae (dative singular)
Gelam (accusative singular)
Gelā (ablative singular)
Gela (singular vocative)
Gelae (locative singular)


Bagheria

From Sicilian Baarìa, of uncertain further origin. Derivation from Arabic بحرية (baḥriyya) is considered the most likely origin.

A town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily, Italy


Modica

Borrowed from Sicilian Mòdica, from Latin Motyca.


Entella

Entella f sg (genitive Entellae); first declension

Entellae (genitive)
Entella (nominative singular)
Entellae (genitive singular)
Entellae (dative singular)
Entellam (accusative singular)
Entellā (ablative singular)
Entella (singular vocative)
Entellae (locative singular)

[ɛn̪ˈt̪ɛlːʲä]

[en̪ˈt̪ɛlːä]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἔντελλα (Éntella).

A city in interior Sicily, situated on the left bank of the river Hypsas


Simeto

From Latin Symaethus, from Ancient Greek Σύμαιθος (Súmaithos).


Alcantara

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْقَنْطَرَة (al-qanṭara, “the bridge”).

bor+

اَلْقَنْطَرَة


Anapo

From Latin Anapus, from Ancient Greek Ἄναπος (Ánapos).


Ciane

From Latin Cyane, from Ancient Greek Κυάνη (Kuánē).


Ippari

From Latin Hipparis, from Ancient Greek Ἵππαρις (Hípparis).


Naro

Disputed. Theorized origins include:
* Ancient Greek ναρόν (narón, “current”)
* Ancient Greek νηρόν (nērón) / νερόν (nerón), both meaning "water"
* Arabic نَهَر (nahar, “river”)


Naro

A town and comune of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy


Imera

From Latin Himera, from Ancient Greek Ἱμέρα (Himéra).


Noto

Borrowed from Italian Noto, italianization of Sicilian Notu.

A town in the province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.


Noto

Borrowed from Sicilian Notu, from Latin Nētum, from Ancient Greek Νέητον (Néēton).


Dittaino

From Arabic وَادِي التِين (wādī t-tīn, literally “clay river”).

uder

وَادِي التِين


Gornalunga

Italianized after Sicilian Gurnalonga, from gurna (small body of water) + longa (long).


Lentini

Borrowed from Sicilian Lintini, from Old Sicilian Liuntini, from Latin Leontini, from Ancient Greek Λεοντῖνοι (Leontînoi, “the leonines”).


Tyndaris

la-proper noun

Tyndaris f sg (genitive Tyndaridis); third declension

Tyndaridis (genitive)
Tyndaris (nominative singular)
Tyndaridis (genitive singular)
Tyndaridī (dative singular)
Tyndaridem (accusative singular)
Tyndaride (ablative singular)
Tyndaris (singular vocative)
Tyndaridī (locative singular)
Tyndaride (locative singular)

Italian: Tindari

Sicilian: U Tìnnaru

[ˈt̪ʏn̪d̪ärɪs̠]


جبل النار

ar-proper noun

جَبَل النَّار

جَبَل النَّار • (jabal an-nār) m

جَبَل النَّار (canonical)
jabal an-nār (romanization)
جَبَل النَّار (definite informal singular triptote)
جَبَلُ النَّارِ (definite nominative singular triptote)
جَبَلَ النَّارِ (accusative definite singular triptote)
جَبَلِ النَّارِ (definite genitive singular triptote)

ar:جبل النار


Drepanum

la-proper noun

Drepanum n sg (genitive Drepanī); second declension

Drepanī (genitive)
Drepanum (nominative singular)
Drepanī (genitive singular)
Drepanō (dative singular)
Drepanum (accusative singular)
Drepanō (ablative singular)
Drepanum (singular vocative)
Drepanī (locative singular)

[ˈd̪rɛpänʊ̃ˑ]

A city in Sicily, situated on the western point of the island, now Trapani


Tauromenium

Tauromenium n sg (genitive Tauromeniī or Tauromenī); second declension

Tauromeniī (genitive)
Tauromenī (genitive)
Tauromenium (nominative singular)
Tauromeniī (genitive singular)
Tauromenī (genitive singular)
Tauromeniō (dative singular)
Tauromenium (accusative singular)
Tauromeniō (ablative singular)
Tauromenium (singular vocative)
Tauromeniī (locative singular)

Italian: Taormina

[t̪äu̯rɔˈmɛniʊ̃ˑ]

From Ancient Greek Ταυρομένιον (Tauroménion).

A city in Sicily, situated between Messana and Catana, now Taormina


Asines

Asinēs m sg (genitive Asinae); first declension

Asinēs (canonical masculine singular)
Asinae (genitive)
Asinēs (nominative singular)
Asinae (genitive singular)
Asinae (dative singular)
Asinēn (accusative singular)
Asinē (ablative singular)
Asinē (singular vocative)

[ˈäs̠ɪneːs̠]


Catana

Catana f sg (genitive Catanae); first declension

Catanae (genitive)
Catana (nominative singular)
Catanae (genitive singular)
Catanae (dative singular)
Catanam (accusative singular)
Catanā (ablative singular)
Catana (singular vocative)
Catanae (locative singular)

A city on the east coast of Sicily, situated at the foot of the mount Etna, now Catania


Leontini

Leontīnī m pl (genitive Leontīnōrum); second declension

Leontīnī (canonical masculine plural)
Leontīnōrum (genitive)
Leontīnī (nominative plural)
Leontīnōrum (genitive plural)
Leontīnīs (dative plural)
Leontīnōs (accusative plural)
Leontīnīs (ablative plural)
Leontīnī (plural vocative)
Leontīnīs (locative plural)

Old Sicilian: Liuntini

Sicilian: Lintini

Italian: Lentini

[ɫ̪eɔn̪ˈt̪iːniː]

From Ancient Greek Λεοντῖνοι (Leontînoi).

A city in Sicily situated between Catana and Syracusae, birthplace of Gorgias, now Lentini


Helorus

Helōrus m sg (genitive Helōrī); second declension

Helōrus (canonical masculine singular)
Helōrī (genitive)
Helōrus (nominative singular)
Helōrī (genitive singular)
Helōrō (dative singular)
Helōrum (accusative singular)
Helōrō (ablative singular)
Helōre (singular vocative)

[hɛˈɫ̪oːrʊs̠]

A river in Sicily, which flows into the sea between Syracusae and Pachynus, now the river Tellaro


Helorum

Helōrum n sg (genitive Helōrī); second declension

Helōrum (canonical neuter singular)
Helōrī (genitive)
Helōrum (nominative singular)
Helōrī (genitive singular)
Helōrō (dative singular)
Helōrum (accusative singular)
Helōrō (ablative singular)
Helōrum (singular vocative)
Helōrī (locative singular)

[hɛˈɫ̪oːrʊ̃ˑ]

A city in Sicily, situated near Syracusae and the banks of the river Helorus


Camarina

Camarīna f sg (genitive Camarīnae); first declension

Camarīna (canonical feminine singular)
Camarīnae (genitive)
Camarīna (nominative singular)
Camarīnae (genitive singular)
Camarīnae (dative singular)
Camarīnam (accusative singular)
Camarīnā (ablative singular)
Camarīna (singular vocative)
Camarīnae (locative singular)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Καμαρῖνα (Kamarîna).

A city in southern Sicily, situated at the mouth of the river Hipparis


Hipparis

Hipparis m sg (genitive Hipparis); third declension

Hipparis (genitive)
Hipparis (nominative singular)
Hipparis (genitive singular)
Hipparī (dative singular)
Hipparem (accusative singular)
Hippare (ablative singular)
Hipparis (singular vocative)

Italian: Ippari

[ˈhɪpːärɪs̠]

A small river in Sicily, which flows near the city of Camarina


Mazara

Mazara m sg (genitive Mazarae); first declension

Mazarae (genitive)
Mazara (nominative singular)
Mazarae (genitive singular)
Mazarae (dative singular)
Mazaram (accusative singular)
Mazarā (ablative singular)
Mazara (singular vocative)
Mazarae (locative singular)

[ˈmäz̪d̪͡z̪ärä]

[ˈmäd̪ː͡z̪ärä]

A town on the southwest coast of Sicily, situated between Selinus and Lilybaeum, now Mazara del Vallo


Mazaro

From Latin Mazarus, alternative form of Mazara.


Panormus

Panormus f sg (genitive Panormī); second declension

Panormī (genitive)
Panormus (nominative singular)
Panormī (genitive singular)
Panormō (dative singular)
Panormum (accusative singular)
Panormō (ablative singular)
Panorme (singular vocative)
Panormī (locative singular)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πάνορμος (Pánormos).

A city in Sicily, situated on the northern coast of the island, now Palermo


Solus

Solūs f sg (genitive Solūntis); third declension

Solūs (canonical feminine singular)
Solūntis (genitive)
Solūs (nominative singular)
Solūntis (genitive singular)
Solūntī (dative singular)
Solūntem (accusative singular)
Solūnte (ablative singular)
Solūs (singular vocative)
Solūntī (locative singular)
Solūnte (locative singular)

Italian: Solanto

[ˈs̠ɔɫ̪uːs̠]

A city on the north coast of Sicily, situated near Panormus, now Solanto


Himera

Hīmera f sg (genitive Hīmerae); first declension

Hīmera n pl (genitive Hīmerōrum); second declension

Hīmera (canonical feminine singular)
Hīmerae (genitive)
Hīmera (canonical neuter plural)
Hīmerōrum (genitive)
Hīmera (nominative singular)
Hīmerae (genitive singular)
Hīmerae (dative singular)
Hīmeram (accusative singular)
Hīmerā (ablative singular)
Hīmera (singular vocative)
Hīmerae (locative singular)

A city on the north coast of Sicily, situated between Panormus and Cephaloedium


Cephaloedium

Cephaloedium n sg (genitive Cephaloediī or Cephaloedī); second declension

Cephaloediī (genitive)
Cephaloedī (genitive)
Cephaloedium (nominative singular)
Cephaloediī (genitive singular)
Cephaloedī (genitive singular)
Cephaloediō (dative singular)
Cephaloedium (accusative singular)
Cephaloediō (ablative singular)
Cephaloedium (singular vocative)
Cephaloediī (locative singular)

[kɛpʰäˈɫ̪oe̯d̪iʊ̃ˑ]

From Ancient Greek Κεφαλοίδιον (Kephaloídion).

der

A town on the north coast of Sicily, situated between Himera and Alaesa, now Cefalù


Calacte

la-proper noun

Calactē f sg (genitive Calactēs); first declension

Calactē (canonical feminine singular)
Calactēs (genitive)
Calactē (nominative singular)
Calactēs (genitive singular)
Calactae (dative singular)
Calactēn (accusative singular)
Calactē (ablative singular)
Calactē (singular vocative)
Calactae (locative singular)

[käˈɫ̪äkt̪eː]

A city on the north coast of Sicily, situated between Tyndaris and Cephaloedium


Aluntium

Aluntium n sg (genitive Aluntiī or Aluntī); second declension

Aluntiī (genitive)
Aluntī (genitive)
Aluntium (nominative singular)
Aluntiī (genitive singular)
Aluntī (genitive singular)
Aluntiō (dative singular)
Aluntium (accusative singular)
Aluntiō (ablative singular)
Aluntium (singular vocative)
Aluntiī (locative singular)

[äˈɫ̪ʊn̪t̪iʊ̃ˑ]

A city on the north coast of Sicily, situated between Tyndaris and Calacte


Mylae

Mȳlae f pl (genitive Mȳlārum); first declension

Mȳlae (canonical feminine plural)
Mȳlārum (genitive)
Mȳlae (nominative plural)
Mȳlārum (genitive plural)
Mȳlīs (dative plural)
Mȳlās (accusative plural)
Mȳlīs (ablative plural)
Mȳlae (plural vocative)
Mȳlīs (locative plural)

A city on the north coast of Sicily, situated near the cape Pelorus, now Milazzo


Crimisus

Crīmīsus m sg (genitive Crīmīsī); second declension

Crīmīsus (canonical masculine singular)
Crīmīsī (genitive)
Crīmīsus (nominative singular)
Crīmīsī (genitive singular)
Crīmīsō (dative singular)
Crīmīsum (accusative singular)
Crīmīsō (ablative singular)
Crīmīse (singular vocative)

A river in Sicily which flows near Segesta, famous for the battle won by Timoleon


Centuripa

Centuripa n pl (genitive Centuripōrum); second declension

Centuripōrum (genitive)
Centuripa (nominative plural)
Centuripōrum (genitive plural)
Centuripīs (dative plural)
Centuripa (accusative plural)
Centuripīs (ablative plural)
Centuripa (plural vocative)
Centuripīs (locative plural)

[kɛn̪ˈt̪ʊrɪpä]

A city in interior Sicily, situated near the valley of the river Symaethus, now Centuripe


Netum

Nētum n sg (genitive Nētī); second declension

Nētum (canonical neuter singular)
Nētī (genitive)
Nētum (nominative singular)
Nētī (genitive singular)
Nētō (dative singular)
Nētum (accusative singular)
Nētō (ablative singular)
Nētum (singular vocative)
Nētī (locative singular)

→ Sicilian: Notu

→ Italian: Noto

A town in southern Sicily situated near Syracusae, now Noto


Assorus

Assōrus m sg (genitive Assōrī); second declension

Assōrus (canonical masculine singular)
Assōrī (genitive)
Assōrus (nominative singular)
Assōrī (genitive singular)
Assōrō (dative singular)
Assōrum (accusative singular)
Assōrō (ablative singular)
Assōre (singular vocative)
Assōrī (locative singular)

[äs̠ˈs̠oːrʊs̠]

A city in interior Sicily situated between Agyrium and Henna, now Assoro


Ergetium

Ergetium n sg (genitive Ergetiī or Ergetī); second declension

Ergetiī (genitive)
Ergetī (genitive)
Ergetium (nominative singular)
Ergetiī (genitive singular)
Ergetī (genitive singular)
Ergetiō (dative singular)
Ergetium (accusative singular)
Ergetiō (ablative singular)
Ergetium (singular vocative)
Ergetiī (locative singular)

[ɛrˈɡɛt̪iʊ̃ˑ]


Herbita

Herbita f sg (genitive Herbitae); first declension

Herbitae (genitive)
Herbita (nominative singular)
Herbitae (genitive singular)
Herbitae (dative singular)
Herbitam (accusative singular)
Herbitā (ablative singular)
Herbita (singular vocative)
Herbitae (locative singular)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἕρβιτα (Hérbita).

A city in interior Sicily, situated on the southern slope of the Heraean mountains


Halycus

Halycus m sg (genitive Halycī); second declension

Halycī (genitive)
Halycus (nominative singular)
Halycī (genitive singular)
Halycō (dative singular)
Halycum (accusative singular)
Halycō (ablative singular)
Halyce (singular vocative)

[ˈhälʲʏkʊs̠]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἅλυκος (Hálukos).

A river in Sicily that flows into the Mediterranean Sea, now the river Platani


Adranum

Adrānum n sg (genitive Adrānī); second declension

Adrānum (canonical neuter singular)
Adrānī (genitive)
Adrānum (nominative singular)
Adrānī (genitive singular)
Adrānō (dative singular)
Adrānum (accusative singular)
Adrānō (ablative singular)
Adrānum (singular vocative)
Adrānī (locative singular)

Italian: Adrano

Sicilian: Dirnò

[äd̪ˈräːnʊ̃ˑ]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀδρᾱνόν (Adrānón).

A city in interior Sicily, situated at the foot of the mount Aetna, now Adrano


Ichana

Ichana f sg (genitive Ichanae); first declension

Ichanae (genitive)
Ichana (nominative singular)
Ichanae (genitive singular)
Ichanae (dative singular)
Ichanam (accusative singular)
Ichanā (ablative singular)
Ichana (singular vocative)
Ichanae (locative singular)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἴχανα (Íkhana).


Iaeta

Iaeta f sg (genitive Iaetae); first declension

Iaetae (genitive)
Iaeta (nominative singular)
Iaetae (genitive singular)
Iaetae (dative singular)
Iaetam (accusative singular)
Iaetā (ablative singular)
Iaeta (singular vocative)
Iaetae (locative singular)

A town in interior Sicily, situated near Panormus


Morgantia

Morgantia f sg (genitive Morgantiae); first declension

Morgantiae (genitive)
Morgantia (nominative singular)
Morgantiae (genitive singular)
Morgantiae (dative singular)
Morgantiam (accusative singular)
Morgantiā (ablative singular)
Morgantia (singular vocative)
Morgantiae (locative singular)

[mɔrˈɡän̪t̪iä]

From Ancient Greek Μοργάντιον (Morgántion), Μοργαντίνη (Morgantínē), identified by Strabo as a pre-Roman Italic tribe. The name could ultimately be from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ-, *marǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”), showing an eastern Italic sound shift.

A city in interior Sicily, situated near Catana


Motyca

Motyca f sg (genitive Motycae); first declension

Motycae (genitive)
Motyca (nominative singular)
Motycae (genitive singular)
Motycae (dative singular)
Motycam (accusative singular)
Motycā (ablative singular)
Motyca (singular vocative)
Motycae (locative singular)

Italian: Modica

Sicilian: Mòdica

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μοτύκα (Motúka). Compare, for more, Mutina, Utica, Ustica, also Camicus and Inycus.

A town in interior Sicily, situated between Syracusae and Camarina, now Modica


Noae

Noae f pl (genitive Noārum); first declension

Noārum (genitive)
Noae (nominative plural)
Noārum (genitive plural)
Noīs (dative plural)
Noās (accusative plural)
Noīs (ablative plural)
Noae (plural vocative)
Noīs (locative plural)


Phintias

Phintiās m sg (genitive Phintiae); first declension

Phintiās (canonical masculine singular)
Phintiae (genitive)
Phintiās (nominative singular)
Phintiae (genitive singular)
Phintiae (dative singular)
Phintiān (accusative singular)
Phintiā (ablative singular)
Phintiā (singular vocative)
Phintiae (locative singular)

[ˈpʰɪn̪t̪iäːs̠]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φιντίας (Phintías).

A city on the south coast of Sicily, situated between Agrigentum and Gela


Tissa

Tissa f sg (genitive Tissae); first declension

Tissae (genitive)
Tissa (nominative singular)
Tissae (genitive singular)
Tissae (dative singular)
Tissam (accusative singular)
Tissā (ablative singular)
Tissa (singular vocative)
Tissae (locative singular)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τίσσα (Tíssa).


Triocala

la-proper noun

Triōcala n pl (genitive Triōcalōrum); second declension

Triōcala (canonical neuter plural)
Triōcalōrum (genitive)
Triōcala (nominative plural)
Triōcalōrum (genitive plural)
Triōcalīs (dative plural)
Triōcala (accusative plural)
Triōcalīs (ablative plural)
Triōcala (plural vocative)
Triōcalīs (locative plural)

[t̪riˈoːkäɫ̪ä]


Osteodes

Osteōdēs f sg (genitive Osteōdis); third declension

Osteōdēs (canonical feminine singular)
Osteōdis (genitive)
Osteōdēs (nominative singular)
Osteōdis (genitive singular)
Osteōdī (dative singular)
Osteōdem (accusative singular)
Osteōde (ablative singular)
Osteōdēs (singular vocative)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀστεώδης (Osteṓdēs), from ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).

An island off the coast of Sicily, probably Ustica


Filicudi

From Ancient Greek Φοινικώδης (Phoinikṓdēs), from φοῖνῐξ (phoînĭx, “purple or crimson, palm tree, date (the fruit of the date palm)”) + -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “full of, like”).
Previously also Phoenicūsa, from Ancient Greek Φοινικοῦσσα (Phoinikoûssa), from φοῖνῐξ (phoînĭx, “purple or crimson, palm tree, date (the fruit of the date palm)”) + -εσσᾰ (-essă, “full of, like”). Compare the latter desinence with Ancient Greek Πιθηκοῦσαι (Pithēkoûsai), Ancient Greek Συρᾱ́κουσαι (Surā́kousai, “Syracuse”) and Ancient Greek Λοπαδοῦσσα (Lopadoûssa, “Lampedusa”).

cog

Filicudi (a small island of the Aeolian Islands, in the Tyrrhenian Sea in Sicily, Italy)


Alicudi

Dissimilation of an unattested Ancient Greek *Ἐρικώδης (*Erikṓdēs), supposedly derived from ἐρείκη (ereíkē, “heath”) + -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “full of, like”). Compare Ancient Greek Φοινικώδης (Phoinikṓdēs, “Filicudi”).
In ancient times also known from Latin Ericūsa (or Ericussa), from Ancient Greek Ἐρικοῦσσα (Erikoûssa).
The proposed etymology from ἐρείκη (ereíkē) should have produced a long ī in the Latin borrowing transcription (*Erīcūsa), which makes the proposal not definitive. Compare Ancient Greek Ἔρυξ (Érux).
Compare, for more, also: Ancient Greek Φοινικοῦσσα (Phoinikoûssa, “Filicudi”), Πιθηκοῦσαι (Pithēkoûsai, “Pithecusa”), Συρᾱ́κουσαι (Surā́kousai, “Syracuse”) and Λοπαδοῦσσα (Lopadoûssa, “Lampedusa”).
Eventually compare also Italian Arcuri.

cog

Alicudi (a small island of the Aeolian Islands, in the Tyrrhenian Sea in Sicily, Italy)


Callipolis

la-proper noun

Callipolis f sg (genitive Callipolis); third declension

Callipolis (genitive)
Callipolis (nominative singular)
Callipolis (genitive singular)
Callipolī (dative singular)
Callipolim (accusative singular)
Callipolin (accusative singular)
Callipolī (ablative singular)
Callipolis (singular vocative)
Callipolī (singular vocative)
Callipolī (locative singular)

desctree

Italian: Gallipoli
→ English: Gallipoli
→ Portuguese: Galípoli

→ English: Callipolis

[kälˈlʲɪpɔlʲɪs̠]

From Ancient Greek Καλλίπολις (Kallípolis).

A city on the east coast of Sicily, situated near Naxos


Assoro

From Latin Assōrus, from Ancient Greek Ἄσσωρος (Ássōros).


Αίτνα

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Αίτνα • (Aítna) f

Aítna (romanization)
Αίτνα (nominative singular)
Αίτνας (genitive singular)
Αίτνα (accusative singular)
Αίτνα (singular vocative)

Latin Aetna, in turn from either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aith-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *ai-dh, from *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”).


Cerda

A town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily, Italy


Catane

Catania (a metropolitan city of Sicily, Italy)

Catania (the capital city of the metropolitan city of Catania, Sicily, Italy)


Acrillae

la-proper noun

Acrillae f pl (genitive Acrillārum); first declension

Acrillārum (genitive)
Acrillae (nominative plural)
Acrillārum (genitive plural)
Acrillīs (dative plural)
Acrillās (accusative plural)
Acrillīs (ablative plural)
Acrillae (plural vocative)
Acrillīs (locative plural)

[äˈkrɪlːʲäe̯]

A town in Sicily, situated on the road from Agrigentum to Syracuse


Palazzolo

A town in the province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.


Palazzolo

From Late Latin Palatiolum, from palatium (“a palace; large residence”) + -olum (diminutive suffix). By surface analysis, palazzo + -olo. Cognate with Friulian Palaçûl e Palassôl, Lombard Palasöl, Piedmontese Palasseu, Romagnol Palazôl, Sicilian Palazzolu.

affix

A town in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy: Palazzolo Acreide.


Cammarata

Borrowed from Sicilian Cammarata, from Byzantine Greek καμάρα (kamára, “span”) + -ata. Compare Sicilian Camerina.


Ribera

en-proper noun

Ribera (countable and uncountable, plural Riberas)

A comune in Agrigento province, Sicily, Italy.


Sciacca

Sciacca (a city in the province of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy)


Sciacca

→ English: Sciacca

→ Italian: Sciacca

Uncertain. Possibly from Arabic. Doublet of Xacca.


Alabis

la-proper noun

Alabis m sg (genitive Alabis); third declension

Alabis (genitive)
Alabis (nominative singular)
Alabis (genitive singular)
Alabī (dative singular)
Alabem (accusative singular)
Alabe (ablative singular)
Alabis (singular vocative)


Carini

From Latin Iccara + -ini, from earlier Hyccara, in turn derived from Ancient Greek Ὕκκαρα (Húkkara).


Gangi

Uncertain. Gangi is sometimes theorized to be the now lost Cretan city of Engyon, from Ancient Greek Ἒγγυον (Ènguon), which (if true) would imply the name is in some form derived from the Greek lemma.


Salemi

Borrowed from Sicilian Salemi, probably from Arabic سَلَام (salām, “peace”). Cfr. Hebrew שלום (shalóm). Doublet of Sallemi and Salemme


Mondello

Borrowed from Sicilian Munneḍḍu, from munneḍḍu (“wooden container”), possibly from a diminutive based on Latin mundus. Compare Sicilian munnari.


Bivona

Allegedly from "bis bona", compare earlier forms Bibona and Bisbona.

A town and comune of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy


Piraino

A comune of the Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily.


Agathyrna

Agathyrna f sg (genitive Agathyrnae); first declension

Agathyrnae (genitive)
Agathyrna (nominative singular)
Agathyrnae (genitive singular)
Agathyrnae (dative singular)
Agathyrnam (accusative singular)
Agathyrnā (ablative singular)
Agathyrna (singular vocative)
Agathyrnae (locative singular)

[äɡäˈt̪ʰʏrnä]

[äɡäˈt̪irnä]

Borrowed from Doric Greek Ἀγάθυρνα (Agáthurna), from Ἀγάθυρνον (Agáthurnon).

An ancient city in Sicily situated between Tyndaris and Calacte


Burgio

From Arabic بُرْج (burj, “tower”) + -io.


Furnari

Occupational surname from Late Latin furnārius (“baker”).


Pollina

Possibly from Ancient Greek Ἀπολλωνία (Apollōnía)


Comiso

Comiso (a city in the province of Ragusa, Sicily, Italy)


Syrakusy

cs-proper noun

Syrakusy f pl (relational adjective syrakuský, demonym Syrakusan)

syrakuský (adjective relational)
Syrakusan (demonym)
Syrakusy (nominative plural)
Syrakus (genitive plural)
Syrakusám (dative plural)
Syrakusy (accusative plural)
Syrakusy (plural vocative)
Syrakusách (locative plural)
Syrakusami (instrumental plural)

Syracuse (a city and port in Sicily, Italy)


Maro

la-proper noun

Marō m sg (genitive Marōnis); third declension

Marō (canonical masculine singular)
Marōnis (genitive)
Marō (nominative singular)
Marōnis (genitive singular)
Marōnī (dative singular)
Marōnem (accusative singular)
Marōne (ablative singular)
Marō (singular vocative)

A mountain in Sicily situated near the river Himera


Λοπαδοῦσσα

grc-proper noun

Λοπαδοῦσσα • (Lopadoûssa) f (genitive Λοπαδούσσᾱς); first declension

Lopadoûssa (romanization)
Λοπαδούσσᾱς (genitive)
ἡ Λοπαδοῦσσᾰ (nominative singular)
τῆς Λοπαδούσσᾱς (genitive singular)
τῇ Λοπαδούσσᾳ (dative singular)
τὴν Λοπαδοῦσσᾰν (accusative singular)
Λοπαδοῦσσᾰ (singular vocative)

Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea#English

Lampedusa (an island in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Sicily)


Syrakusa

Syrakusa (nominative singular)
Syrakusa (accusative nominative singular)
Syrakusan (accusative genitive singular)
Syrakusan (genitive singular)
Syrakusaa (partitive singular)
Syrakusassa (inessive singular)
Syrakusasta (elative singular)
Syrakusaan (illative singular)
Syrakusalla (adessive singular)
Syrakusalta (ablative singular)
Syrakusalle (allative singular)
Syrakusana (essive singular)
Syrakusaksi (singular translative)
Syrakusatta (abessive singular)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
Syrakusani (nominative singular)
Syrakusani (accusative nominative singular)
Syrakusani (accusative genitive singular)
Syrakusani (genitive singular)
Syrakusaani (partitive singular)
Syrakusassani (inessive singular)
Syrakusastani (elative singular)
Syrakusaani (illative singular)
Syrakusallani (adessive singular)
Syrakusaltani (ablative singular)
Syrakusalleni (allative singular)
Syrakusanani (essive singular)
Syrakusakseni (singular translative)
Syrakusattani (abessive singular)
Syrakusasi (nominative singular)
Syrakusasi (accusative nominative singular)
Syrakusasi (accusative genitive singular)
Syrakusasi (genitive singular)
Syrakusaasi (partitive singular)
Syrakusassasi (inessive singular)
Syrakusastasi (elative singular)
Syrakusaasi (illative singular)
Syrakusallasi (adessive singular)
Syrakusaltasi (ablative singular)
Syrakusallesi (allative singular)
Syrakusanasi (essive singular)
Syrakusaksesi (singular translative)
Syrakusattasi (abessive singular)
Syrakusamme (nominative singular)
Syrakusamme (accusative nominative singular)
Syrakusamme (accusative genitive singular)
Syrakusamme (genitive singular)
Syrakusaamme (partitive singular)
Syrakusassamme (inessive singular)
Syrakusastamme (elative singular)
Syrakusaamme (illative singular)
Syrakusallamme (adessive singular)
Syrakusaltamme (ablative singular)
Syrakusallemme (allative singular)
Syrakusanamme (essive singular)
Syrakusaksemme (singular translative)
Syrakusattamme (abessive singular)
Syrakusanne (nominative singular)
Syrakusanne (accusative nominative singular)
Syrakusanne (accusative genitive singular)
Syrakusanne (genitive singular)
Syrakusaanne (partitive singular)
Syrakusassanne (inessive singular)
Syrakusastanne (elative singular)
Syrakusaanne (illative singular)
Syrakusallanne (adessive singular)
Syrakusaltanne (ablative singular)
Syrakusallenne (allative singular)
Syrakusananne (essive singular)
Syrakusaksenne (singular translative)
Syrakusattanne (abessive singular)
Syrakusansa (nominative singular)
Syrakusansa (accusative nominative singular)
Syrakusansa (accusative genitive singular)
Syrakusansa (genitive singular)
Syrakusaansa (partitive singular)
Syrakusassaan (inessive singular)
Syrakusassansa (inessive singular)
Syrakusastaan (elative singular)
Syrakusastansa (elative singular)
Syrakusaansa (illative singular)
Syrakusallaan (adessive singular)
Syrakusallansa (adessive singular)
Syrakusaltaan (ablative singular)
Syrakusaltansa (ablative singular)
Syrakusalleen (allative singular)
Syrakusallensa (allative singular)
Syrakusanaan (essive singular)
Syrakusanansa (essive singular)
Syrakusakseen (singular translative)
Syrakusaksensa (singular translative)
Syrakusattaan (abessive singular)
Syrakusattansa (abessive singular)

[ˈs̠yrɑ̝ˌkus̠ɑ̝]

From Ancient Greek Συρᾱ́κουσαι (Surā́kousai).

Syracuse (a province and city in Sicily)


Chrysas

la-proper noun

Chrysās m sg (genitive Chrysae); first declension

Chrysās (canonical masculine singular)
Chrysae (genitive)
Chrysās (nominative singular)
Chrysae (genitive singular)
Chrysae (dative singular)
Chrysān (accusative singular)
Chrysā (ablative singular)
Chrysā (singular vocative)

[ˈkʰrʏs̠äːs̠]


Palica

Palīca f sg (genitive Palīcae); first declension

Palīca (canonical feminine singular)
Palīcae (genitive)
Palīca (nominative singular)
Palīcae (genitive singular)
Palīcae (dative singular)
Palīcam (accusative singular)
Palīcā (ablative singular)
Palīca (singular vocative)
Palīcae (locative singular)


Cinisi

Borrowed from Sicilian Cìnisi, from Arabic كَنِيسَة (kanīsa, “church”).


Lascari

Borrowed from Sicilian Làscari /Làschiri, from Arabic العَسْكَرِيّ (al-ʕaskariyy, “the army”), from the Arabic name مَدِينَة العَسْكَرِيّ (madīnat al-ʕaskariyy, “city of the army”). Doublet of ascaro.

der

العَسْكَرِيّ


Casmenae

la-proper noun

Casmenae f pl (genitive Casmenārum); first declension

Casmenārum (genitive)
Casmenae (nominative plural)
Casmenārum (genitive plural)
Casmenīs (dative plural)
Casmenās (accusative plural)
Casmenīs (ablative plural)
Casmenae (plural vocative)
Casmenīs (locative plural)

Italian: Casmene

English: Casmenae

Sicilian: Càsmini, Casmeni

A colony of Sicily, founded by Syracusans in 644 BC, located on the Hyblaean Mountains, near modern Buscemi


Longanus

Longānus m sg (genitive Longānī); second declension

Longānus (canonical masculine singular)
Longānī (genitive)
Longānus (nominative singular)
Longānī (genitive singular)
Longānō (dative singular)
Longānum (accusative singular)
Longānō (ablative singular)
Longāne (singular vocative)

[ɫ̪ɔŋˈɡäːnʊs̠]

A river in Sicily situated not far from Mylae, where Hiero defeated the Mamertines


Hyccara

Hyccara f sg (genitive Hyccarae); first declension

Hyccarae (genitive)
Hyccara (nominative singular)
Hyccarae (genitive singular)
Hyccarae (dative singular)
Hyccaram (accusative singular)
Hyccarā (ablative singular)
Hyccara (singular vocative)
Hyccarae (locative singular)

A town in Sicily situated between Panormus and Segesta, now Carini


Macella

Macella f sg (genitive Macellae); first declension

Macellae (genitive)
Macella (nominative singular)
Macellae (genitive singular)
Macellae (dative singular)
Macellam (accusative singular)
Macellā (ablative singular)
Macella (singular vocative)
Macellae (locative singular)

[mäˈt͡ʃɛlːä]


Motya

Motya f sg (genitive Motyae); first declension

Motyae (genitive)
Motya (nominative singular)
Motyae (genitive singular)
Motyae (dative singular)
Motyam (accusative singular)
Motyā (ablative singular)
Motya (singular vocative)
Motyae (locative singular)

[ˈmɔːt̪͡s̪iä]

A city in Sicily situated between Drepanum and Lilybaeum, now Mozia


Schera

Schēra f sg (genitive Schērae); first declension

Schēra (canonical feminine singular)
Schērae (genitive)
Schēra (nominative singular)
Schērae (genitive singular)
Schērae (dative singular)
Schēram (accusative singular)
Schērā (ablative singular)
Schēra (singular vocative)
Schērae (locative singular)


Halicyae

Halicyae f pl (genitive Halicyārum); first declension

Halicyārum (genitive)
Halicyae (nominative plural)
Halicyārum (genitive plural)
Halicyīs (dative plural)
Halicyās (accusative plural)
Halicyīs (ablative plural)
Halicyae (plural vocative)
Halicyīs (locative plural)

A city on the north coast of Sicily, situated between Entella and Lilybaeum


Nacona

Nacōna f sg (genitive Nacōnae); first declension

Nacōna (canonical feminine singular)
Nacōnae (genitive)
Nacōna (nominative singular)
Nacōnae (genitive singular)
Nacōnae (dative singular)
Nacōnam (accusative singular)
Nacōnā (ablative singular)
Nacōna (singular vocative)
Nacōnae (locative singular)

A town in Sicily, whose location is still unknown


Inycum

Inycum n sg (genitive Inycī); second declension

Inycī (genitive)
Inycum (nominative singular)
Inycī (genitive singular)
Inycō (dative singular)
Inycum (accusative singular)
Inycō (ablative singular)
Inycum (singular vocative)
Inycī (locative singular)

From Ancient Greek Ἴνυκον (Ínukon), variant of Ἴνυκος (Ínukos).

A town in Sicily situated on the river Hypsas


Acis

Ā̆cis m sg (genitive Ā̆cidis); third declension

Ā̆cis (canonical masculine singular)
Ā̆cidis (genitive)
Ā̆cis (nominative singular)
Ā̆cidis (genitive singular)
Ā̆cidī (dative singular)
Ā̆cin (accusative singular)
Ā̆cide (ablative singular)
Ā̆ci (singular vocative)

→ English: Acis

→ Italian: Aci

Sicilian: Aci

From Ancient Greek Ἄκις (Ákis) or Ἆκις (Âkis).

Iamque Leontīnōs Amenānaque flūmina cursū / praeterit et rīpās, herbifer Āci, tuās.

8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.467–468, (with long Ā)

And now in her course she passes the people of Leontium and the streams of Amenanus, and thy banks, grassy Acis.


Oanus

Oanus m sg (genitive Oanī); second declension

Oanī (genitive)
Oanus (nominative singular)
Oanī (genitive singular)
Oanō (dative singular)
Oanum (accusative singular)
Oanō (ablative singular)
Oane (singular vocative)

A small river in Sicily, which flows beneath the walls of Camarina


Ἕλωρος

grc-proper noun

Ἕλωρος • (Hélōros) m (genitive Ἑλώρου); second declension

Hélōros (romanization)
Ἑλώρου (genitive)
ὁ Ἕλωρος (nominative singular)
τοῦ Ἑλώρου (genitive singular)
τῷ Ἑλώρῳ (dative singular)
τὸν Ἕλωρον (accusative singular)
Ἕλωρε (singular vocative)

Latin: Helōrus

Helorum (a city in Sicily, on this river)


Abacaenum

la-proper noun

Abacaenum n sg (genitive Abacaenī); second declension

Abacaenī (genitive)
Abacaenum (nominative singular)
Abacaenī (genitive singular)
Abacaenō (dative singular)
Abacaenum (accusative singular)
Abacaenō (ablative singular)
Abacaenum (singular vocative)
Abacaenī (locative singular)

[äbäˈkäe̯nʊ̃ˑ]

[äbäˈt͡ʃɛːnum]

From Ancient Greek Ἀβάκαινον (Abákainon), variant of Ἀβάκαινα (Abákaina).

A city in Sicily situated between Tyndaris and Mylae


Capitium

Capitium n sg (genitive Capitiī or Capitī); second declension

Capitiī (genitive)
Capitī (genitive)
Capitium (nominative singular)
Capitiī (genitive singular)
Capitī (genitive singular)
Capitiō (dative singular)
Capitium (accusative singular)
Capitiō (ablative singular)
Capitium (singular vocative)
Capitiī (locative singular)

[käˈpɪt̪iʊ̃ˑ]

A city in Sicily, situated near Aluntium and Engyum


Engyum

Engyum n sg (genitive Engyī); second declension

Engyī (genitive)
Engyum (nominative singular)
Engyī (genitive singular)
Engyō (dative singular)
Engyum (accusative singular)
Engyō (ablative singular)
Engyum (singular vocative)
Engyī (locative singular)


Calvisiana

Calvisiāna n pl (genitive Calvisiānōrum); second declension

Calvisiāna (canonical neuter plural)
Calvisiānōrum (genitive)
Calvisiāna (nominative plural)
Calvisiānōrum (genitive plural)
Calvisiānīs (dative plural)
Calvisiāna (accusative plural)
Calvisiānīs (ablative plural)
Calvisiāna (plural vocative)
Calvisiānīs (locative plural)

[käɫ̪u̯ɪs̠iˈäːnä]


Ἄκραι

grc-proper noun

Ἄκραι • (Ákrai) f pl (genitive Ἀκρῶν); first declension

Ákrai (romanization)
Ἀκρῶν (genitive)
αἱ Ἄκραι (nominative plural)
τῶν Ἀκρῶν (genitive plural)
ταῖς Ἄκραις (dative plural)
τᾱ̀ς Ἄκρᾱς (accusative plural)
Ἄκραι (plural vocative)

desctree

Latin: Acrae
English: Acrae
Italian: Acre, Acreide
Sicilian: Acri, Acrèiti

From ἄκρᾱ (ákrā, “top, peak, castle, citadel”).

A colony of Sicily, founded by Syracusans in 663 BC, located near the modern Palazzolo Acreide


Vigata

A fictional town in Sicily, in the books by Andrea Camilleri, based on Porto Empedocle


Montelusa

A fictional town in Sicily, in the books by Andrea Camilleri, based on Agrigento


Kataniya

Catania (a metropolitan city of Sicily, Italy)

Catania (the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy)


Gelas

la-proper noun

Gelās m sg (genitive Gelae); first declension

Gelās (canonical masculine singular)
Gelae (genitive)
Gelās (nominative singular)
Gelae (genitive singular)
Gelae (dative singular)
Gelān (accusative singular)
Gelā (ablative singular)
Gelā (singular vocative)


Ἔγεστα

grc-proper noun

Ἔγεστᾰ • (Égestă) f (genitive Ἐγέστης); first declension

Ἔγεστᾰ (canonical)
Égestă (romanization)
Ἐγέστης (genitive)
ἡ Ἔγεστᾰ (nominative singular)
τῆς Ἐγέστης (genitive singular)
τῇ Ἐγέστῃ (dative singular)
τὴν Ἔγεστᾰν (accusative singular)
Ἔγεστᾰ (singular vocative)

→ Latin: Segesta

→ Greek: Σεγέστα (Segésta)

→ Italian: Segesta


Ἔντελλα

Ἔντελλᾰ • (Éntellă) f (genitive Ἐντέλλης); first declension

Ἔντελλᾰ (canonical)
Éntellă (romanization)
Ἐντέλλης (genitive)
ἡ Ἔντελλᾰ (nominative singular)
τῆς Ἐντέλλης (genitive singular)
τῇ Ἐντέλλῃ (dative singular)
τὴν Ἔντελλᾰν (accusative singular)
Ἔντελλᾰ (singular vocative)

Greek: Έντελλα (Éntella)

→ Latin: Entella

→ Italian: Entella


Φθινθία

Φθῐνθῑ́ᾱ • (Phthĭnthī́ā) f (genitive Φθῐνθῑ́ᾱς); first declension

Φθῐνθῑ́ᾱ (canonical)
Phthĭnthī́ā (romanization)
Φθῐνθῑ́ᾱς (genitive)
ἡ Φθῐνθῑ́ᾱ (nominative singular)
τῆς Φθῐνθῑ́ᾱς (genitive singular)
τῇ Φθῐνθῑ́ᾳ (dative singular)
τὴν Φθῐνθῑ́ᾱν (accusative singular)
Φθῐνθῑ́ᾱ (singular vocative)

→ Latin: Phthinthīa


Ἀλόντιον

Ἀλόντῐον • (Alóntĭon) n (genitive Ἀλοντῐ́ου); second declension

Ἀλόντῐον (canonical)
Alóntĭon (romanization)
Ἀλοντῐ́ου (genitive)
τὸ Ἀλόντῐον (nominative singular)
τοῦ Ἀλοντῐ́ου (genitive singular)
τῷ Ἀλοντῐ́ῳ (dative singular)
τὸ Ἀλόντῐον (accusative singular)
Ἀλόντῐον (singular vocative)

→ Latin: Aluntium


Σόσσιος

grc-noun

Σόσσῐος • (Sóssĭos) m (genitive Σοσσῐ́ου); second declension

Σόσσῐος (canonical)
Sóssĭos (romanization)
Σοσσῐ́ου (genitive)
ὁ Σόσσῐος (nominative singular)
τὼ Σοσσῐ́ω (dual nominative)
οἱ Σόσσῐοι (nominative plural)
τοῦ Σοσσῐ́ου (genitive singular)
τοῖν Σοσσῐ́οιν (dual genitive)
τῶν Σοσσῐ́ων (genitive plural)
τῷ Σοσσῐ́ῳ (dative singular)
τοῖν Σοσσῐ́οιν (dative dual)
τοῖς Σοσσῐ́οις (dative plural)
τὸν Σόσσῐον (accusative singular)
τὼ Σοσσῐ́ω (accusative dual)
τοὺς Σοσσῐ́ους (accusative plural)
Σόσσῐε (singular vocative)
Σοσσῐ́ω (dual vocative)
Σόσσῐοι (plural vocative)

→ Latin: Sossius


Ἱκεσία

grc-proper noun

Ἱκεσῐ́ᾱ • (Hikesĭ́ā) f (genitive Ἱκεσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

Ἱκεσῐ́ᾱ (canonical)
Hikesĭ́ā (romanization)
Ἱκεσῐ́ᾱς (genitive)
ἡ Ἱκεσῐ́ᾱ (nominative singular)
τῆς Ἱκεσῐ́ᾱς (genitive singular)
τῇ Ἱκεσῐ́ᾳ (dative singular)
τὴν Ἱκεσῐ́ᾱν (accusative singular)
Ἱκεσῐ́ᾱ (singular vocative)

→ Latin: Hicesia


Μόναλος

grc-noun

Μόνᾰλος • (Mónălos) m (genitive Μονᾰ́λου); second declension

Μόνᾰλος (canonical)
Mónălos (romanization)
Μονᾰ́λου (genitive)
ὁ Μόνᾰλος (nominative singular)
τὼ Μονᾰ́λω (dual nominative)
οἱ Μόνᾰλοι (nominative plural)
τοῦ Μονᾰ́λου (genitive singular)
τοῖν Μονᾰ́λοιν (dual genitive)
τῶν Μονᾰ́λων (genitive plural)
τῷ Μονᾰ́λῳ (dative singular)
τοῖν Μονᾰ́λοιν (dative dual)
τοῖς Μονᾰ́λοις (dative plural)
τὸν Μόνᾰλον (accusative singular)
τὼ Μονᾰ́λω (accusative dual)
τοὺς Μονᾰ́λους (accusative plural)
Μόνᾰλε (singular vocative)
Μονᾰ́λω (dual vocative)
Μόνᾰλοι (plural vocative)

→ Latin: Monalus


Ἴσβουρος

Ἴσβουρος • (Ísbouros) m (genitive Ἰσβούρου); second declension

Ísbouros (romanization)
Ἰσβούρου (genitive)
ὁ Ἴσβουρος (nominative singular)
τὼ Ἰσβούρω (dual nominative)
οἱ Ἴσβουροι (nominative plural)
τοῦ Ἰσβούρου (genitive singular)
τοῖν Ἰσβούροιν (dual genitive)
τῶν Ἰσβούρων (genitive plural)
τῷ Ἰσβούρῳ (dative singular)
τοῖν Ἰσβούροιν (dative dual)
τοῖς Ἰσβούροις (dative plural)
τὸν Ἴσβουρον (accusative singular)
τὼ Ἰσβούρω (accusative dual)
τοὺς Ἰσβούρους (accusative plural)
Ἴσβουρε (singular vocative)
Ἰσβούρω (dual vocative)
Ἴσβουροι (plural vocative)

→ Latin: Isbūrus


Κασμέναι

grc-proper noun

Κασμέναι • (Kasménai) f (genitive Κασμένῶν); first declension

Kasménai (romanization)
Κασμένῶν (genitive)
αἱ Κασμέναι (nominative plural)
τῶν Κασμενῶν (genitive plural)
ταῖς Κασμέναις (dative plural)
τᾱ̀ς Κασμένᾱς (accusative plural)
Κασμέναι (plural vocative)

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Latin: Casmenae
Italian: Casmene
English: Casmenae
Sicilian: Càsmini, Casmeni

Uncertain. The first element could possibly be derived from
* *ḱes- (“to cut”) (whence also Latin castum);
* *ḱens- (“to speak in a florid, solemn style, attest, witness”) (whence Latin carmen, from *kans-men, and Latin Ca(s)mēnae (“goddesses of childbirth, wells and fountains, and also prophetic deities”)). See also Ancient Greek κῶμος (kômos).
The second could derive from
* the feminine equivalent of *ménos (“mind, force”), from *men- (“to think”) (cfr. Ancient Greek Ῑ̓δομένη (Īdoménē));
* the feminine mediopassive participle *m̥h₁n-éh₂ (cfr. Ancient Greek ἐρωμένη (erōménē)).

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An ancient city and colony in Sicily, founded by Syracusans in 644 BC, located on the Hyblaean Mountains, nearby current Buscemi


Buscema

→ English: Buscema, Buscemi

→ Italian: Buscema, Buscemi

Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو شَامَة (ʔabū šāma, literally “the one with the mole”). Doublet of Buxema.

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أَبُو شَامَة

Buscemi (a small town on the Hyblaean Mountains, in Sicily, Italy)


Éryx

(historical) Erice (a city in Sicily, Italy)


Minissale

A neighbourhood of Messina, province of Messina, Sicily, Italy


Ragusia

la-proper noun

Ragusia f sg (genitive Ragusiae); first declension

Ragusiae (genitive)
Ragusia (nominative singular)
Ragusiae (genitive singular)
Ragusiae (dative singular)
Ragusiam (accusative singular)
Ragusiā (ablative singular)
Ragusia (singular vocative)
Ragusiae (locative singular)

Italian: Ragusa

Sicilian: Ragusa

English: Ragusa

Venetan: Raguxa

[räˈɡuːs̬iä]

From a previous Ragusium, from Ancient Greek Ραγούσιον (Ragoúsion) or Ῥαούσιν (Rhaoúsin). Of uncertain origin, but several ones have been proposed. From:
* from Proto-Albanian *rāguša (modern rrush). Historically called Rush in Albanian.
* Ancient Greek ῥάξ (rháx, “grape”);
* Ancient Greek ῥώξ (rhṓx, “breach, narrow passage”);
* Ancient Greek ῥωγάς (rhōgás, “ragged (of rocks)”),
* Ancient Greek ῥαγή (rhagḗ, “fissure”) (cfr. English Rey;
* a Dalmatae/Romance substrate *Lausa, connected to λᾶας (lâas) ("rock, stone").

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Ragusa (a town in Sicily, Italy); the ancient city of Hybla Heraea (Ὕβλα Ἡραία)


Lintini

→ Italian: Lentini

From older Liuntini, from Latin Leontīnī, from Ancient Greek Λεοντῖνοι (Leontînoi, literally “the leonines”).


Girgenti

→ English: Girgenti

→ Italian: Girgenti

From Vulgar Latin *(A)girgenti, apocoped methatesis of Agrigentum, from Ancient Greek Ἀκράγας (Akrágas). Compare for more Cilentu, Salentu, Tàrantu, Ugentu.

Agrigento (a province and city in Sicily, Italy)


Camporeale

A village in the province of Palermo, Sicily, Italy


Cìnisi

Borrowing from Arabic كَنِيسَة (kanīsa, “church”).

A town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily, Italy


Cassaro

From cassaro, variant of cassero (“castle; keep, donjon”).

A town in the province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy


Cala Muschi

→ Italian: Cala Mosche

From cala (“cove”) + muschi (“mosses”), from cala dî muschi.

(hydronym) A cove in Sicily, Italy, specifically placed inside the nature reserve of Vendicari.


Buxema

la-proper noun

Buxema f sg (genitive Buxemae); first declension

Buxemae (genitive)
Buxema (nominative singular)
Buxemae (genitive singular)
Buxemae (dative singular)
Buxemam (accusative singular)
Buxemā (ablative singular)
Buxema (singular vocative)
Buxemae (locative singular)

Borrowed from Old Sicilian Buxema. Supposedly found also in the form Buxemium, in a papal diploma from 1168.


Buxema

→ Medieval Latin: Buxema

desctree

→ Sicilian: Buscema
→ English: Buscema, Buscemi
→ Italian: Buscema, Buscemi

Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو شَامَة (ʔabū šāma, literally “the one with the mole”), clipping of the extended form قَلْعَة أَبِي شَامَة (qalʕat ʔabī šāma, literally “castle of the one with the mole”). Doublet of Buscema. Compare, for a similar output from Siculo-Arabic, compare Nissa and Xibbetta.

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أَبُو شَامَة

Buscemi (a small community on the Hyblaean Mountains, in Sicily, Italy)


Poggioreale

A comune and ghost town (destroyed by an earthquake) in Trapani province, Sicily, Italy.


U Còmisu

→ Italian: Comiso

Comiso (a city in the province of Ragusa, Sicily, Italy)


Ἄκις

grc-proper noun

Ἄκῐς • (Ákĭs) m (genitive Ἄκῐδος); third declension

Ἄκῐς (canonical)
Ákĭs (romanization)
Ἄκῐδος (genitive)
ὁ Ᾰ̓́κῐς (nominative singular)
τοῦ Ᾰ̓́κῐδος (genitive singular)
τῷ Ᾰ̓́κῐδῐ (dative singular)
τὸν Ἄκῐν (accusative singular)
Ἄκῐ (singular vocative)

Greek: Άκις (Ákis), Άκιδας (Ákidas)

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Latin: Acis
→ English: Acis
→ Italian: Aci
Sicilian: Aci

300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Collected Works 1.69

A river on the east coast of Sicily, that flowed from Etna now exinct.


Vuccirìa

From vuccirìa. Cognate to Catalan Boqueria.

A large historical market in Palermo, Sicily.


calata di li maccarrunara

Discesa Maccheronai, the main street of the Vuccirìa market, in Palermo


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𐤀𐤉𐤓𐤍𐤌 (ʾyrnm)

Pantelleria (An inhabited volcanic island belonging to the province of Trapani, Sicily, between Italy and Tunisia.)


Catina

la-proper noun

Catina f sg (genitive Catinae); first declension

Catinae (genitive)
Catina (nominative singular)
Catinae (genitive singular)
Catinae (dative singular)
Catinam (accusative singular)
Catinā (ablative singular)
Catina (singular vocative)
Catinae (locative singular)

From Ancient Greek Κατάνη (Katánē, “Catania”)


Nissa

la-proper noun

Nissa f sg (genitive Nissae); first declension

Nissae (genitive)
Nissa (nominative singular)
Nissae (genitive singular)
Nissae (dative singular)
Nissam (accusative singular)
Nissā (ablative singular)
Nissa (singular vocative)
Nissae (locative singular)

From Sicilian Nissa, itself from Arabic قَلْعَة النِسَاء (qalʕa an-nisāʔ, “Fortress of the Women”).

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Caltanissetta (a town in Sicily, Italy)


Nissa

→ Medieval Latin: Nissa

Borrowed from Arabic النِسَاء (an-nisāʔ), clipping of the extended form Arabic قَلْعَة النِسَاء (qalʕa an-nisāʔ, “Fortress of the Women”). Compare, for a similar output from Siculo-Arabic, compare Buxema and Xibbetta.

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قَلْعَة النِسَاء

Caltanissetta (a city, in Sicily, Italy)


مسینه

Borrowed from Italian Messina (“a city in Sicily”).


Muncibbeḍḍu

→ Italian: Mongibello

Blend of munti + Arabic جَبَل (jabal), both meaning “mountain” and hence an etymogical tautology. The ending has perhaps been influenced by munticeḍḍu (cf. Italian monticello).


Caltavuturo

A town in the province of Palermo, Sicily, Italy


Scordia

A town in the province of Catania, Sicily, Italy


Palazzolu

From Late Latin Palatiolum, from palatium (“a palace; large residence”) + -olum (diminutive suffix). By surface analysis, palazzu + -olu. Possibly related and/or inherited from a gallo-norman stratum. Cognate with Italian Palazzolo.

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A town in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy: Palazzolo Acreide.


Magunza

From Medieval Latin Maguntia, ultimately from Mogontiacum, possibly of Celtic origin. Cognate with Italian Magonza and Monza, Catalan Magùncia, German Mainz, French Mayence, Portuguese Mogúncia, Galician and Spanish Maguncia .

(historical) Caltanissetta (a city and province of Sicily, Italy)


Calascibetta

Calascibetta (a small town in the province of Enna, Sicily, Italy)


Calaxibbetta

Sicilian: Calascibbetta

Italian: Calascibetta

Borrowed from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa) and a non well attested element, namely said to be šabaṯ ("anice"). Doublet of Calascibbetta.


Calascibbetta

→ Italian: Calascibetta

Borrowed from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa) and a non well attested element, namely said to be šabaṯ ("anice"). Doublet of Calaxibbetta.


Xibbetta

Sicilian: Scibbetta

→ Italian: Scibetta

Clipping of Calaxibbetta. Doublet of Scibbetta.


Katania

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Katania f (related adjective katański, demonym katańczyk)

katański (adjective)
katańczyk (demonym)
Katania (nominative singular)
Katanii (genitive singular)
Katanii (dative singular)
Katanię (accusative singular)
Katanią (instrumental singular)
Katanii (locative singular)
Katanio (singular vocative)

Catania (a metropolitan city of Sicily, Italy)

Catania (the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy)


Mènfrici

If not inerited from Latin Memphis, from Ancient Greek Μέμφις (Mémphis), the /ɾ/ could suggest an earlier borrowing from a relative of Egyptian mn:n-nfr-f:r-O24-niwt (mn-nfr, “Memphis”).

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<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">mn-nfr</i>


Sperlinga

A village in the province of Enna, Sicily, Italy


Leonforte

Compound of leone (“lion”) + forte (“strong”), in tribute of the founder's coat of arms, a lion holding a banner.

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A town in the province of Enna, Sicily, Italy