Vatican

(Engels)

Frequentie

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈvæ.tɪ.kən/
Etymologie (Engels)

Learned borrowing from Latin Vātī̆cānus (“Vatican Hill”), further etymology unknown. The connection to vāticinārī (“to prophesy, oracle”) is folk-etymological.

Related words

Vatican Palace

State of the Vatican City

the Vatican

The Holy See

papal palace

holy see

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