Corsica

See also: córsica

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Corsica (from Ancient Greek Κορσίς (Korsís)). Other recorded names are Cyrnos, Cernealis and Cirné. These are all probably descended from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker (“to turn, bend”), referring to the island's circular shape. Compare circle and ring, also derived from (s)ker-.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹsɪkə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːsɪkə/

Proper noun

Corsica

1. An island in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia; it is currently part of France.

Derived terms

• Corsican

Translations

island in the Mediterranean

• Afrikaans: Corsica, Korsika
• Arabic: كُورَسِيكَا‎ f (kūrasīkā), كورسيكا‎ (kūrsīkā), قُرْشِقَة‎ f (quršiqa), قَرْسَقَة‎ f (qarsaqa)

  Moroccan Arabic: قرشيقة‎ f, كورسيكا‎ f

• Armenian: Կորսիկա (hy) (Korsika)
• Belarusian: Ко́рсіка f (Kórsika)
• Breton: Korsika (br) f
• Bulgarian: Ко́рсика f (Kórsika)
• Catalan: Còrsega (ca) f
• Cherokee: ᎪᏏᎧ (gosika)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 科西嘉 (Kēxījiā), 科西嘉島／科西嘉岛 (zh) (Kēxījiā dǎo)

• Corsican: Corsica (co) f
• Czech: Korsika (cs) f
• Danish: Korsika
• Dutch: Corsica (nl) n
• Esperanto: Korsiko
• Estonian: Korsika (et)
• Etruscan: 𐌀𐌂𐌉𐌔𐌓𐌏𐌂 (acisroc)
• Faroese: Korsika f
• Finnish: Korsika (fi)
• French: Corse (fr) f
• Friulian: Corsiche f
• Galician: Córsega (gl)
• Georgian: კორსიკა (ḳorsiḳa)
• German: Korsika (de) n
• Greek: Κορσική (el) f (Korsikí)

  Ancient Greek: Κορσίς f (Korsís), Κύρνος f (Kúrnos)

• Hawaiian: Kokika, Kosika
• Hebrew: קורסיקה‎ (qorsiqa)
• Hungarian: Korzika (hu)
• Icelandic: Korsíka f
• Irish: an Chorsaic f
• Italian: Corsica (it) f
• Japanese: コルシカ (Korushika), (French form) コルス (Korusu)
• Korean: 코르시카 (Koreusika), 코르스 (Koreuseu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Korsîka (ku) f

• Latin: Corsica (la) f
• Latvian: Korsika f
• Ligurian: Corsega f
• Lithuanian: Korsika f
• Macedonian: Корзика f (Korzika)
• Maltese: Korsika
• Manx: Yn Chorsickey f
• Marathi: कॉर्सिका (kŏrsikā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Korsika

  Nynorsk: Korsika

• Occitan: Corsega (oc) f, Còrsega (oc) f
• Ottoman Turkish: قورسوغه‎
• Persian: کرس‎ (fa) (kors)
• Picard: Corse f
• Polish: Korsyka (pl) f
• Portuguese: Córsega (pt) f
• Romanian: Corsica f
• Russian: Ко́рсика (ru) f (Kórsika)
• Sardinian: Còssiga f, Còrsiga f
• Scots: Corsicae
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ко̀рзика f

  Roman: Kòrzika (sh) f

• Sicilian: Còrsica f
• Slovak: Korzika f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Korsika f

• Spanish: Córcega (es) f
• Swedish: Korsika n
• Tamil: கோர்சிகா (kōrcikā)
• Turkish: Korsika (tr)
• Ukrainian: Ко́рсика f (Kórsyka)
• Venetian: Còrsega f
• Volapük: Korsikeän (vo)
• Welsh: Corsica f
• West Flemish: Corsica n, Korsika n
• West Frisian: Korsika n

Anagrams

• Caricos, crocias, scoriac

Corsican

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Corsica f

1. Corsica

Related terms

• corsu

Dutch

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔr.si.kaː/

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• Hyphenation: Cor‧si‧ca

Proper noun

Corsica n

1. Corsica (an island in France)

Derived terms

• Corsicaan

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔr.si.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɔrsika
• Syllabification: Còr‧si‧ca

Proper noun

Corsica f

1. Corsica

Related terms

• corsesca
• corso

 

Anagrams

• accorsi, carsico, ricasco, ricascò, scarico, scaricò, scorcia

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.si.ka/, [ˈkɔrs̠ɪkä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.si.ka/, [ˈkɔrsikä]

Proper noun

Corsica f sg (genitive Corsicae); first declension

1. Corsica

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

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

Related terms

• Corsicānus
• Corsicus
• Corsus

 

Descendants

• Catalan: Còrsega
• Corsican: Corsica
• French: Corse
• Italian: Corsica
• Portuguese: Córsega
• Spanish: Córcega
• → English: Corsica
• → Irish: An Chorsaic
• → Manx: Yn Chorsickey
• → Welsh: Corsica

References

• “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

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Corsica

1. Corsica; form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by Korsika

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Corsica

1. Corsica; (pre-2005) alternative form of Korsika