Caltanissetta

See also: Caltanisetta

English

Etymology

Italian Caltanissetta, from its ancient Arabic toponym قَلْعَة النِسَاء (qalʕa an-nisāʔ, “Fort of the Women”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛtə

Proper noun

Caltanissetta

1. A city and province of Sicily, Italy.

Translations

city and province of Sicily

• Arabic: كَالْتَانِيسِّيتَّا f (kāltānīssīttā), (historical) قَلْعَة النِسَاء f (qalʕa(t) an-nisāʔ)
• Armenian: Կալտանիսետա (Kaltaniseta)
• Bulgarian: Калтанисе́та f (Kaltaniséta)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡爾塔尼塞塔／卡尔塔尼塞塔, 卡尔塔尼塞塔 (Kǎ'ěrtǎnísāitǎ)

• Finnish: Caltanissetta
• French: Caltanissetta (fr) f
• Georgian: კალტანისეტა (ḳalṭaniseṭa)
• Greek: Καλτανισέτα f (Kaltaniséta), Καλτανισσέττα f (Kaltanissétta)
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• Italian: Caltanissetta (it) f
• Japanese: カルタニッセッタ (Karutanissetta)
• Korean: 칼타니세타 (Kaltaniseta)
• Latin: Nissa f
• Portuguese: Caltanissetta
• Romanian: Caltanissetta (ro) f
• Russian: Кальтаниссе́тта f (Kalʹtanissétta)
• Sicilian: Cartanissetta f, Nissa f
• Ukrainian: Кальтаніссе́тта f (Kalʹtanissétta)

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Italian

Etymology

From the Arabic name in antiquity, قَلْعَة النِسَاء (qalʕa an-nisāʔ, “Fort of the Women”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kal.ta.nisˈset.ta/, [käl̪t̪äniˈsːet̪ːä]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Cal‧ta‧nis‧sét‧ta

Proper noun

Caltanissetta f

1. Caltanissetta (a city and province of Sicily, Italy)

Related terms

• nisseno