Masculine

carruggio

Meaning

an alley, especially one in Genoa

Translations

aléia

Verbindungsgang

schmale Gasse

δρομίσκος

passage étroit

allèe

back street

angiportus

Hyphenated as
car‧rùg‧gio
Pronounced as (IPA)
/karˈrud.d͡ʒo/
Etymology

From Ligurian caróggio, from Vulgar Latin *quadruvium, for Classical Latin quadrivium (“crossroads”), from quattuor (“four”) + via (“road”). Doublet of carrobbio and of learned borrowing quadrivio. Compare Corsican carrughju and Sicilian carruggiu.

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