Tivoli

See also: tivoli and tívolí

English

Etymology

From Italian Tivoli, from Latin Tībur.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɪ.və.lɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɪ.və.li/

Proper noun

Tivoli

1. An ancient city in the province of Rome, Lazio, Italy.
2. A town in Grenada.

Translations

city in Lazio, Italy

• Arabic: تِيفُولِي m (tīfulī)
• Armenian: Տիվոլի (Tivoli)
• Catalan: Tívoli f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒂沃利 (Dìwòlì)

• French: Tivoli (fr) m
• German: Tivoli (de) n
• Greek: Τίβολι (el) n (Tívoli)
• Italian: Tivoli f
• Japanese: ティヴォリ (Tivori), チボリ (Chibori)
• Korean: 티볼리 (Tibolli)
• Latin: Tībur (la) n
• Portuguese: Tívoli (pt) f
• Russian: Ти́воли n (Tívoli)
• Sicilian: Tìvuli f
• Spanish: Tívoli f
• Turkish: Tivoli
• Ukrainian: Ті́волі n (Tívoli)

Noun

Tivoli (uncountable)

1. A game resembling bagatelle, played on a special oblong board or table with a curved upper end, a set of numbered compartments at the lower end, side alleys, and the surface studded with pins and sometimes furnished with numbered depressions or cups.

Dutch

Etymology

• (Eindhoven) First attested as Tivoli in 1936. Indirectly derived from Italian Tivoli. Named after a former café, which in turn was named after the Parisian Jardin de Tivoli.
• (Tilburg) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.voː.li/
• Hyphenation: Ti‧vo‧li

Proper noun

Tivoli n

1. A neighbourhood of Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
2. A neighbourhood of Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Tībur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.vo.li/
• Rhymes: -ivoli
• Hyphenation: Tì‧vo‧li

Proper noun

Tivoli f

1. Tivoli (a city in Lazio, Italy)

Related terms

• tiburtino
• travertino

Anagrams

• voliti