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Trinacria

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See also: trinacria

Translingual

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†Trinacria ventricosa

Etymology

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From Latin Trīnacria, from Ancient Greek Τρινακρία (Trinakría, “having three headlands”), from its 3-fold rotational symmetry, giving it the form of a triskelion.

Proper noun

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†Trinacria f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the superphylum Heterokonta – various extinct diatoms of the Eocene.

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin Trīnacria, from Ancient Greek Τρινακρία (Trinakría, “having three headlands”).

Proper noun

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Trinacria

  1. (historical) Sicily.
  2. (historical) The Kingdom of Sicily.
  3. The triskeles emblem of Sicily.
    1. (by extension) The flag of Sicily.

Further reading

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Italian

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La Trinacria

Etymology

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From Latin Trīnacria, from Ancient Greek Τρινακρία (Trinakría).

Proper noun

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Trinacria f

  1. (geography, obsolete) Sicily
    Synonym: Sicilia
  2. the flag of the autonomous region of Sicily
  3. the triskeles emblem of Sicily, which appears on the flag

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τρινακρία (Trinakría).

    Pronunciation

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    Proper noun

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    Trīnacria f sg (genitive Trīnacriae); first declension

    1. An ancient name for Sicily or Sicilia, given its triangular shape and three large coastlines.

    Declension

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    First-declension noun, singular only.

    Synonyms

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    References

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    • “Trinacria”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
    • “Trinacria”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.