Ajaccio

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈdʒæksɪəʊ/, /aɪˌætʃəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈd͡ʒæksɪoʊ/, /aɪət͡ʃoʊ/

Proper noun

Ajaccio

1. The capital and largest city of Corsica, France.

Derived terms

• Ajaccian

Translations

capital city of Corsica, France

• Albanian: Ajaçio
• Arabic: أَجَاكْسْيُو m (ʔajāksyū)
• Aragonese: Aiacciu
• Armenian: Այաչչո (hy) (Ayačʻčʻo)
• Azerbaijani: Ayaçço
• Belarusian: Аяча (Ajača)
• Breton: Ajaccio, Aiacciu
• Bulgarian: Аячо (Ajačo)
• Catalan: Aiacciu m, Ajaccio m
• Chechen: Аяччо (Ajaččo)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阿些斯奧 / 阿些斯奥

  Mandarin: 阿雅克肖 (zh) (Āyǎkèxiào)

• Corsican: Aiacciu m

  Ajaccian: Aghjacciu m

• Finnish: Ajaccio
• French: Ajaccio (fr) m
• Georgian: აიაჩო (aiačo)
• Greek: Αζαξιό (Azaxió), Αγιάτσο (Agiátso), Αιάκειο (Aiákeio)
• Hebrew: אז׳אקסיו
• Italian: Ajaccio (it) m, Aiaccio m
• Japanese: アジャクシオ (Ajakushio) (through French; official), アヤッチョ (Ayatcho) (through Italian)
• Kazakh: Аяччо (Aäçço)
• Korean: 아작시오 (ko) (ajaksio)
• Latin: Adiacium m
• Latvian: Ažaksjo, Ajačju
• Lithuanian: Ajačas
• Macedonian: Ајачо (Ajačo)
• Marathi: अझाक्सियो (ajhāksiyo)
• Mazanderani: آژاکسیو
• Occitan: Aiacciu m, Ajaccio m
• Ossetian: Аяччо (Ajaḱḱo)
• Persian: آژاکسیو
• Portuguese: Ajácio m
• Punjabi:

  Western Punjabi: اجاکیو

• Russian: Аяччо (ru) (Ajaččo)
• Sardinian: Ajacciu m, Aiacciu m
• Serbo-Croatian: Ајачо
• Sicilian: Agghiazzu m
• Spanish: Ayacio m, Ajaccio m
• Tatar: Аяччо (Ayaçço)
• Tibetan: ཨ་ཇཀ་སིའོ། (a jak si'o)
• Ukrainian: Аяччо (Ajaččo)
• Urdu: اژاکسی او
• Venetan: Ajacio

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Ajaccio, from Corsican Aiacciu, Old Italian Addiazzo, corresponding to Medieval Latin Adiacium; possibly from Tuscan Italian agghiacciu (“sheep pen”), or from a derivative of Byzantine Greek ἀγαθός (agathós, “good fortune, mooring”); related to Agde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ʒak.sjo/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost)):

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Proper noun

Ajaccio m

1. Ajaccio (the capital and largest city of Corsica, France)

Derived terms

• Ajaccien
• ajaccien

Italian

Alternative forms

• Aiaccio

Etymology

Borrowed from Corsican Aiacciu, Old Italian Addiazzo, corresponding to Medieval Latin Adiacium; possibly from Tuscan Italian agghiacciu (“sheep pen”), or from a derivative of Byzantine Greek ἀγαθός (agathós, “good fortune, mooring”) (cf. also Occitan Agde). There are also early 7th century Byzantine sources that mention a settlement Ἀγιάτιον (Agiátion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈjat.t͡ʃo/
• Rhymes: -attʃo
• Hyphenation: A‧jàc‧cio

Proper noun

Ajaccio m

1. Ajaccio (the capital and largest city of Corsica, France)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʒakˈsi.u/, /a.ʒakˈsiw/ [a.ʒakˈsiʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʒɐˈksi.u/

Proper noun

Ajaccio ?

1. alternative spelling of Ajácio