Agrigento

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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

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Agrigento

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

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Italian

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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/
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  • 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

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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”).

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Proper noun

Agrigento f

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

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