(feminine) Catania (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy)
(feminine) Catania (a metropolitan city of Sicily, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Catania)
Freqüència
Amb guionet com a
Ca‧tà‧nia
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/kaˈta.nja/
Etimologia (Anglès)
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.