(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)
Frecuencia
Con guion como
Ca‧tà‧nia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/kaˈta.nja/
Etimología (Inglés)
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.