Catania

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (feminine) Catania (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy)
2. (feminine) Catania (a metropolitan city of Sicily, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Catania)

Vertalings

Catania

Catane

Catania

Catania

Κατάνια

Catina

Catânia

Catània

Catania

Catania

Κατάνη

كاتانيا

Catania

Gekoppel as

Ca‧tà‧nia

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/kaˈta.nja/

Etimologie (Engels)

Named by the indigenous Sicel people; from Sicel katane (“grater, flaying knife, skinning place; crude tool apt to pare”) (compare Ancient Greek κατάνη (katánē)). The name was adopted by Greek settlers, survived Hellenization and passed into Roman rule.