Catania

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Catania.

Proper noun

Catania (countable and uncountable, plural Catanias)

  1. A metropolitan city of Sicily, Italy.
  2. The capital city of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy.
  3. A habitational surname from Italian.

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Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Catania is the 9527th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3412 individuals. Catania is most common among White (92.47%) individuals.

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Italian

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Etymology

Named by the indigenous Sicel people; from Sicel katane (“grater, flaying knife, skinning place; crude tool apt to pare”) (compare Ancient Greek κατάνη (katánē)).[1] The name was adopted by Greek settlers, survived Hellenization and passed into Roman rule.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈta.nja/
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  • Rhymes: -anja
  • Hyphenation: Ca‧tà‧nia

Proper noun

Catania f

  1. Catania (a metropolitan city of Sicily, Italy)
  2. Catania (the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy)

Proper noun

Catania m or f by sense

  1. a habitational surname

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Various authors (1987), Enciclopedia di Catania, Tringale

Sicilian

Proper noun

Catania f

  1. Catania (a metropolitan city of Sicily, Italy)
  2. Catania (the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy)
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