Catania

English

Proper noun

Catania

1. Province of Sicily, Italy.
2. City and capital of Catania.

Translations

province of Sicily

• Bulgarian: Катания (Katanija)
• Catalan: Catània (ca) f
• French: Catane (fr)
• Greek: Κατάνια (el) f (Katánia)
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• Italian: Catania (it)
• Polish: Katania (pl) f
• Russian: Ката́ния f (Katánija)

capital of Catania

• Bulgarian: Катания (Katanija)
• Catalan: Catània (ca) f
• French: Catane (fr)
• German: Catania (de) n
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• Greek: Κατάνια (el) f (Katánia)
• Italian: Catania (it) f
• Polish: Katania (pl) f
• Russian: Ката́ния f (Katánija)

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Translations to be checked

• Maltese: ^{(please verify)} Katanja
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• Sicilian: ^{(please verify)} Catania

Further reading

• Catania on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Cataian

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Italian

Etymology

Named by the indigenous Sicel people; from Sicel katane (“grater, flaying knife, skinning place; crude tool apt to pare”) (compare Ancient Greek κατάνη (katánē)). The name was adopted by Greek settlers, survived Hellenization and passed into Roman rule.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Catania f

1. Catania (a province of Sicily)
2. Catania (a city, the capital of that province)

Derived terms

• catanese

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Sicilian

Proper noun

Catania f

1. Catania