Catania
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Italian Catania.
Proper nounEdit
Catania (countable and uncountable, plural Catanias)
- A metropolitan city of Sicily, Italy.
- The capital city of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy.
- A habitational surname from Italian.
TranslationsEdit
province of Sicily
capital of Catania
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StatisticsEdit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Catania is the 9527th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3412 individuals. Catania is most common among White (92.47%) individuals.
Further readingEdit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Catania”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 303.
AnagramsEdit
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Named by the indigenous Sicel people; from Sicel katane (“grater, flaying knife, skinning place; crude tool apt to pare”) (compare Ancient Greek κατάνη (katánē)).[1] The name was adopted by Greek settlers, survived Hellenization and passed into Roman rule.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Catania f
- Catania (a metropolitan city of Sicily, Italy)
- Catania (the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy)
Proper nounEdit
Catania m or f by sense
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Various authors (1987), Enciclopedia di Catania, Tringale
SicilianEdit
Proper nounEdit
Catania f
- Catania (a metropolitan city of Sicily, Italy)
- Catania (the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy)