Agrigento
Meaning
- A province of Sicily, Italy.
- The capital city of Agrigento.
Synonyms
Acragas
Axis Powers
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌæɡɹɪˈd͡ʒɛntəʊ/
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Agrigento, from Latin Agrigentum, possibly from the root words ager (“field”) and gēns (“clan, kin”), but more likely to be a corruption of Ancient Greek Ἀκράγᾰντᾰ (Akrágăntă), accusative of Ἀκράγᾱς (Akrágās), from ἄκρος (ákros, “at the edge”).
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