Sardinia

See also: Sardinía, Sardínia, and sardinia

English

Satellite view of the Italian island Sardinia.

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin Sardinia and Ancient Greek Σαρδώ (Sardṓ), which in turn derive from a pre-Roman substrate language, *sard, *shard. It is connected by some scholars to the name of the Sherden or Shardana, an ethnic group amongst the Sea Peoples. A Phoenician inscription found in Nora and dated to the 9th century B.C.E. identifies the island as Shardan.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /sɑɹˈdɪniə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɑːˈdɪnɪə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: Sar‧din‧ia

Proper noun

Sardinia

2. An island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea.
3. A town in New York.
4. A village in Washington Township, Brown County and Clay Township, Highland County, Ohio.
5. An unincorporated community in Indiana.

Meronyms

island and administrative region of Italy

• Cagliari
• Nuoro
• Oristano
• Sassari
• South Sardinia

Derived terms

• Kingdom of Sardinia

Related terms

• Sardinian
• sardine

Translations

island of Italy

• Albanian: Sardenja f
• Antillean Creole: Sadègn f
• Arabic: سَرْدِينْيَا f (sardīnyā), سَرْدَانِيَة f (sardāniya), سَرْدِينِيَة f (sardīniya), سُرِدَانِيَة f (suridāniya)

  Hijazi Arabic: سَرْدينيا f (sardīnya)

• Aragonese: Cerdenya f
• Armenian: Սարդինիա (Sardinia)
• Belarusian: Сардзі́нія f (Sardzínija)
• Breton: Sardigna (br) f, Sardinia (br) f
• Bulgarian: Сардѝния (bg) f (Sardìnija)
• Catalan: Sardenya f
• Cherokee: ᏌᏗᏂᏯ (sadiniya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薩丁島 / 萨丁岛 (zh) (Sàdīng dǎo), 撒丁島 / 撒丁岛 (zh) (Sādīng dǎo), 撒丁尼亞島 / 撒丁尼亚岛 (Sādīngníyà dǎo), 薩丁尼亞島 / 萨丁尼亚岛 (zh) (Sàdīngníyà dǎo)

• Corsican: Sardegna f, Sardigna f
• Czech: Sardinie (cs) f
• Danish: Sardinien
• Dutch: Sardinië (nl) n
• Emilian: Sardàggna f
• Esperanto: Sardio, Sardujo
• Estonian: Sardiinia
• Finnish: Sardinia (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: Sardêgne f
• French: Sardaigne (fr) f
• Friulian: Sardegne f
• Galician: Sardeña (gl) f
• Gallurese: Saldigna f
• Georgian: სარდინია (sardinia)
• German: Sardinien (de) n
• Greek: Σαρδηνία (el) f (Sardinía)

  Ancient: Σαρδέλα f (Sardéla), Σανδάλιον n (Sandálion), Σαρδώ f (Sardṓ)

• Haitian Creole: Sadèy f
• Hebrew: סרדיניה
• Hindi: सारडीनिया (sārḍīniyā), सार्डिनिया (sārḍiniyā)
• Hungarian: Szardínia (hu)
• Icelandic: Sardinía f
• Ido: Sardinia (io)
• Irish: Sairdín f
• Italian: Sardegna (it) f
• Japanese: サルデーニャ (Sarudēnya), サルディーニャ (Sarudīnya) (Sardinian form), サルディニア (Sarudinia), (Latin form)
• Korean: 사르데냐 (Sareudenya)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Sardînya (ku) f

• Latin: Sardinia (la) f
• Latvian: Sardīnija f
• Ligurian: Sardegna f
• Lithuanian: Sardinija f
• Macedonian: Сардинија f (Sardinija)
• Maltese: Sardenja
• Manx: yn Tardeen f
• Marathi: सार्डिनिया (sārḍiniyā)
• Neapolitan: Zardegna f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Sardinia

  Nynorsk: Sardinia

• Occitan: Sardenha f
• Ottoman Turkish: سردنیا
• Persian: ساردینیا (sârdiniyâ)
• Picard: Sardaigne f
• Piedmontese: Sardëgna f
• Polish: Sardynia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Sardenha (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਸਾਰਦੇਞਾ (sārdeñā)
• Romagnol: Sardàggna f
• Romanian: Sardinia f
• Russian: Сарди́ния (ru) f (Sardínija)
• Sardinian: Sardigna f, (rare) Sardinnia f, Sardìnnia f
• Sassarese: Sardhigna f
• Scots: Sardinie
• Scottish Gaelic: Sardainia f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Са̀рдӣнија f

  Roman: Sàrdīnija (sh) f

• Sicilian: Sardigna f
• Silesian: Sardyńijo
• Slovak: Sardínia f
• Slovene: Sardínija (sl) f
• Somali: Sardiiniya
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Sardiniska f

  Upper Sorbian: Sardiniska f

• Spanish: Cerdeña (es) f
• Swedish: Sardinien (sv) n
• Tamil: சார்தீனியா (cārtīṉiyā)
• Telugu: సార్డీనియా (sārḍīniyā)
• Turkish: Sardunya (tr), Sardinya (tr)
• Turkmen: Sardiniýa
• Ukrainian: Сарди́нія f (Sardýnija)
• Volapük: Sardineän (vo)
• Walloon: Sardegne f
• Welsh: Sardinia f
• West Frisian: Sardynje n

See also

regions of Italyedit

• Abruzzo
• Apulia
• Basilicata
• Calabria
• Campania
• Emilia-Romagna
• Friuli-Venezia Giulia
• Lazio
• Liguria
• Lombardy
• Marche
• Molise
• Piedmont
• Sardinia
• Sicily
• Trentino-Alto Adige
• Tuscany
• Umbria
• Valle d'Aosta
• Veneto

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Sardinia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑrdiniɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝rdiˌniɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Sar‧di‧ni‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): Sar‧di‧nia

Proper noun

Sardinia

1. Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)

Declension

Inflection of Sardinia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Sardinia	—
genitive		Sardinian	—
partitive		Sardiniaa	—
illative		Sardiniaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Sardinia	—
accusative	nom.	Sardinia	—
	gen.	Sardinian
genitive		Sardinian	—
partitive		Sardiniaa	—
inessive		Sardiniassa	—
elative		Sardiniasta	—
illative		Sardiniaan	—
adessive		Sardinialla	—
ablative		Sardinialta	—
allative		Sardinialle	—
essive		Sardiniana	—
translative		Sardiniaksi	—
abessive		Sardiniatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Sardinia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Sardiniani — accusative nom. Sardiniani — gen. Sardiniani genitive Sardiniani — partitive Sardiniaani — inessive Sardiniassani — elative Sardiniastani — illative Sardiniaani — adessive Sardiniallani — ablative Sardinialtani — allative Sardinialleni — essive Sardinianani — translative Sardiniakseni — abessive Sardiniattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Sardiniasi — accusative nom. Sardiniasi — gen. Sardiniasi genitive Sardiniasi — partitive Sardiniaasi — inessive Sardiniassasi — elative Sardiniastasi — illative Sardiniaasi — adessive Sardiniallasi — ablative Sardinialtasi — allative Sardiniallesi — essive Sardinianasi — translative Sardiniaksesi — abessive Sardiniattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Sardiniamme — accusative nom. Sardiniamme — gen. Sardiniamme genitive Sardiniamme — partitive Sardiniaamme — inessive Sardiniassamme — elative Sardiniastamme — illative Sardiniaamme — adessive Sardiniallamme — ablative Sardinialtamme — allative Sardiniallemme — essive Sardinianamme — translative Sardiniaksemme — abessive Sardiniattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Sardinianne — accusative nom. Sardinianne — gen. Sardinianne genitive Sardinianne — partitive Sardiniaanne — inessive Sardiniassanne — elative Sardiniastanne — illative Sardiniaanne — adessive Sardiniallanne — ablative Sardinialtanne — allative Sardiniallenne — essive Sardiniananne — translative Sardiniaksenne — abessive Sardiniattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Sardiniansa — accusative nom. Sardiniansa — gen. Sardiniansa genitive Sardiniansa — partitive Sardiniaansa — inessive Sardiniassaan Sardiniassansa — elative Sardiniastaan Sardiniastansa — illative Sardiniaansa — adessive Sardiniallaan Sardiniallansa — ablative Sardinialtaan Sardinialtansa — allative Sardinialleen Sardiniallensa — essive Sardinianaan Sardinianansa — translative Sardiniakseen Sardiniaksensa — abessive Sardiniattaan Sardiniattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• sardinia
• sardinialainen

compounds

• sardiniankerttu
• sardinianmufloni

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σαρδώ (Sardṓ).

Proper noun

Sardinia f sg (genitive Sardiniae); first declension

1. Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Sardinia
genitive	Sardiniae
dative	Sardiniae
accusative	Sardiniam
ablative	Sardiniā
vocative	Sardinia
locative	Sardiniae

Related terms

• Sardī
• Sardiniānus
• Sardiniensis
• Sardonius
• Sardōus
• Sardus

Descendants

• Catalan: Sardenya
• Italian: Sardegna, Sardigna (archaic; e.g. Dante)
  • → French: Sardaigne
  • → Sardinian: Sardigna
• Spanish: Cerdeña
• Portuguese: Sardenha
• → English: Sardinia
• → German: Sardinien
• → Greek: Σαρδηνία (Sardinía)
• → Polish: Sardynia
• → Romanian: Sardinia
• → Russian: Сарди́ния (Sardínija)

References

• “Sardinia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Sardinia

1. Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)

Related terms

• sardinier
• sardinsk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Sardinia

1. Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)

Related terms

• sardiniar
• sardinsk

Romanian

Proper noun

Sardinia f

1. Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	Sardinie	Sardinia
genitive-dative	Sardinii	Sardiniei
vocative	Sardinie, Sardinio

References

• “Sardinia”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025