Agrigento

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Agrigento, from Latin Agrigentum, possibly from the root words ager (field) and gēns (clan, kin), but more likely to be a corruption of Ancient Greek Ἀκράγᾰντᾰ (Akráganta), accusative of Ἀκράγᾱς (Akrágās), from ἄκρος (ákros, at the edge).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌæɡɹɪˈd͡ʒɛntəʊ/

Proper noun

Agrigento

  1. A province of Sicily, Italy.
  2. The capital city of Agrigento.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Agrigentum, possibly from the root words ager (field) and gēns (clan, kin), but more likely to be a corruption of Ancient Greek Ἀκράγᾰντᾰ (Akráganta), from ἄκρος (ákros, at the edge). Cognate to Sicilian Girgenti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ɡriˈd͡ʒɛn.to/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnto
  • Hyphenation: A‧gri‧gèn‧to

Proper noun

Agrigento f

  1. Agrigento (a province and city in Sicily, Italy)

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Latin

Proper noun

Agrigentō

  1. dative/ablative singular of Agrigentum

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Agrigento, from Latin Agrigentum, possibly from the root words ager (field) and gēns (clan, kin), but more likely to be a corruption of Ancient Greek Ἀκράγᾰντᾰ (Akráganta), accusative of Ἀκράγᾱς (Akrágās), from ἄκρος (ákros, at the edge).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ɡɾiˈʒẽ.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ɡɾiˈʒẽ.to/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ɡɾiˈʒẽ.tu/ [ɐ.ɣɾiˈʒẽ.tu]

Proper noun

Agrigento f

  1. Agrigento (a province and city in Sicily, Italy)

Derived terms

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