cussorgia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sardinian, from Medieval Latin cursoria (“portion of grazeland”), originally a neuter plural, derived from Latin currō (“to run”), due to it indicating a portion of land where sheep were free to roam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kusˈsɔr.d͡ʒa/
• Rhymes: -ɔrdʒa
• Hyphenation: cus‧sòr‧gia

Noun

cussorgia f (plural cussorge)

1. (law) a Sardinian institution about the use of grazeland

Further reading

• cussorgia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana