See also: córsica

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Borrowed from Latin Corsica, from Ancient Greek Κορσική (Korsikḗ).

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Corsica

  1. An island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia.

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Corsican

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Borrowed from Latin Corsica (from Ancient Greek Κορσίς (Korsís)).

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  • (Upper Corsica) IPA(key): /ˈkorsiɡa/
  • (Southern Corsica) IPA(key): /ˈkɔrsiɡa/, /ˈkɔrsika/

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Corsica f

  1. Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)
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Ultimately from Latin Corsica, from Ancient Greek Κορσική (Korsikḗ). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔr.si.kaː/
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  • Hyphenation: Cor‧si‧ca

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Corsica n

  1. Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)

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Italian

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From Latin Corsica, from Ancient Greek Κορσική (Korsikḗ).

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Corsica f

  1. Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)
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Latin

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From Ancient Greek Κορσική (Korsikḗ), mentioned in Homer's Odyssey.

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Corsica f sg (genitive Corsicae); first declension

  1. Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)

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First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Corsica
Genitive Corsicae
Dative Corsicae
Accusative Corsicam
Ablative Corsicā
Vocative Corsica
Locative Corsicae
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References

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  • Corsica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Corsica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Geographiae Libri VIII: Librum tertium continens, Volume 3

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Corsica

  1. Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia); form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by Korsika

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Corsica

  1. Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia); (pre-2005) alternative form of Korsika