Mòdica

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• Modica (eye dialect)
• Muòrica (Rhoticized and diphtongized)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.di.ka/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈmwɔ.ɾi.ka/ (rhoticized and diphtongized)
• Hyphenation: Mò‧di‧ca

Proper noun

Mòdica f

1. Modica (a city in Italy)
2. Modica (a province of Italy)
3. a surname

Derived terms

• mudicana
• mudicani
• mudicanu

 

Related terms

• Buscema
• Notu
• Ragusa
• U Puzzaḍḍu
• Vittòria
• Àvula

 

Descendants

• → Italian: Modica