Catania

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


Londra

London (the capital of the United Kingdom; capital of England)


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)


Cità dû Vaticanu

Vatican City (a city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy)


Nova Jorca

New York City (a city in the United States)


Cairu

Cairo (the capital and largest city of Egypt)


Gibbilterra

Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)


Parisi

→ Italian: Parisi

From Latin Parisii (“The Parisii, a Celtic tribe”).

bor

Paris (the capital and largest city of France).

(metonymically) The government of France.


Sciacca

→ English: Sciacca

→ Italian: Sciacca

Uncertain. Possibly from Arabic. Doublet of Xacca.

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


Gènuva

Genoa (the capital city of Liguria, Italy)


Siduni

From Latin Sīdōn, from Ancient Greek Σιδών (Sidṓn), from Phoenician 𐤑𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤍 (ṣydwn /Ṣīdūn/). Cognate with Arabic صَيْدُون (ṣaydūn), Aramaic ܨܝܕܘܢ (Ṣidon), Hebrew צִידוֹן (Ṣīḏōn).

cog

Hebrew צִידוֹן (Ṣīḏōn)


San Marinu

San Marino (a landlocked microstate in Southern Europe, located within the borders of Italy)

San Marino (the capital city of San Marino)


Cutrona

→ English: Cutrona

→ Italian: Cutrona, Tutrone

From Vulgar Latin *Cōtrona, from the metathesis of the accusative of Ancient Greek Κρότων (Krótōn).


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)


Saragusa

→ Italian: Siragusa

From Latin Syrācūsae, from Ancient Greek Συράκουσαι (Surákousai). Possibly conflated phonetically with Old Spanish Saragoça. Compare Italian Siracusa.


U Còmisu

→ Italian: Comiso

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


Janiattini

→? Italian: Canicattini Bagni

Possibly from an earlier *Ganigattini. Borrowed from Arabic خَنْدَق الطِّينِ (ḵandaq aṭ-ṭīni, literally “moat of the mud”). Doublet of Sicilian Caniattì.

bor+

خَنْدَق الطِّينِ

Canicattini Bagni
Canicattini Bagni#English


Mòdica

→ Italian: Modica

From Latin Motyca, borrowed from Ancient Greek Μοτύκα (Motúka), most likely from a pre-Hellenic and Siculian substrate.


Notu

→ Italian: Noto

→ English: Noto

Ultimately from Latin Nētum, from Ancient Greek Νέητον (Néēton).


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)


Niculosi

→ Italian: Nicolosi

→ English: Nicolosi

Inherited from Late Latin Nicolosius (with loss of the ending -us, like other Sicilian proper name ending in -ius (“suffix forming a nomen gentilicium”)), from Latin Nīcolāus, from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos). The toponym is related to the local Aetnaean cult of Santa Nicola â rina (“St. Nicholas of the sand”; mis-Italianized as San Nicolò l'Arena, with elision, through hypercorrection, of the originale preposition). Compare, for more, the doublet Niculaci and the proper name Nicola.


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”).

der

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


Daiduni

→ Italian: Daidone

→ English: Daidone

Uncertain. From Gallo-Italic of Sicily Daiduni/Dadù, supposedly derived from an unattested Vulgar Latin *Aidon(em) – from which are derived Italian Aidone and Sicilian Aiduni – leading often to a Ancient Greek source referring to ᾍδης (Hā́idēs) or
Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis). The initial ⟨D⟩ could have yielded because of a now lost liquid article l' (“the”) placed in front of the toponym, then eventually hypercorrected by the non-Sicilian speakers.