Sciacca

English

Proper noun

Sciacca (plural Sciaccas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sciacca is the 18467^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1498 individuals. Sciacca is most common among White (94.39%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Scaccia

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sicilian Sciacca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈʃak.ka/
• Rhymes: -akka
• Hyphenation: Sciàc‧ca

Proper noun

Sciacca f

1. Sciacca (a city in the province of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy)

Derived terms

• schiacchitano
• sciacchitana

 

Etymology 2

Derived from Etymology 1.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈʃak.ka/
• Rhymes: -akka
• Hyphenation: Sciàc‧ca

Proper noun

Sciacca m or f by sense

1. a surname from Sicilian

Sicilian

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Arabic. Doublet of Xacca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃak.ka/
• Hyphenation: Sciàc‧ca

Proper noun

Sciacca m

1. Sciacca (a city in the province of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy)
2. a surname

Derived terms

• sciacchitana
• sciacchitanu

 

Descendants

• → English: Sciacca
• → Italian: Sciacca

Related terms

• Girgenti
• Nissa
• Tràpani
• Xirbi