"Catania" meaning in Italian

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Proper name

IPA: /kaˈta.nja/
Rhymes: -anja Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|it|scx|katane|t=grater, flaying knife, skinning place; crude tool apt to pare}} Sicel katane (“grater, flaying knife, skinning place; crude tool apt to pare”), {{cog|grc|κατάνη}} Ancient Greek κατάνη (katánē) Head templates: {{it-proper noun|f}} Catania f
  1. Catania (a metropolitan city of Sicily, Italy) Tags: feminine Categories (place): Places in Italy, Places in Sicily
    Sense id: en-Catania-it-name-xb62lRGQ Categories (other): Metropolitan cities of Italy, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 15 41 44 Disambiguation of Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 31 38 31
  2. Catania (the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy) Tags: feminine Categories (place): Capital cities, Cities in Italy, Cities in Sicily, Places in Italy, Places in Sicily
    Sense id: en-Catania-it-name-Ct~2BbU0 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense, Italian proper nouns with irregular gender Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 15 41 44 Disambiguation of Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 31 38 31 Disambiguation of Italian proper nouns with irregular gender: 32 43 26

Proper name

IPA: /kaˈta.nja/
Rhymes: -anja Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|it|scx|katane|t=grater, flaying knife, skinning place; crude tool apt to pare}} Sicel katane (“grater, flaying knife, skinning place; crude tool apt to pare”), {{cog|grc|κατάνη}} Ancient Greek κατάνη (katánē) Head templates: {{it-proper noun|mfbysense}} Catania m or f by sense
  1. a habitational surname Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine Derived forms: catanese
    Sense id: en-Catania-it-name-PbabqTmI Categories (other): Italian surnames, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 15 41 44 Disambiguation of Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 31 38 31
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