Corsica

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See also: córsica

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Corsica, from Ancient Greek Κορσική (Korsikḗ).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Corsica

  1. An island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Corsican

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Corsica (from Ancient Greek Κορσίς (Korsís)).

Pronunciation

  • (Upper Corsica) IPA(key): /ˈkorsiɡa/
  • (Southern Corsica) IPA(key): /ˈkɔrsiɡa/, /ˈkɔrsika/

Proper noun

Corsica f

  1. Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)

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Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Corsica, from Ancient Greek Κορσική (Korsikḗ). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔr.si.kaː/
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  • Hyphenation: Cor‧si‧ca

Proper noun

Corsica n

  1. Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)

Derived terms

Italian

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Etymology

From Latin Corsica, from Ancient Greek Κορσική (Korsikḗ).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Corsica f

  1. Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)

Anagrams

Latin

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κορσική (Korsikḗ), mentioned in Homer's Odyssey.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Corsica f sg (genitive Corsicae); first declension

  1. Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Corsica
Genitive Corsicae
Dative Corsicae
Accusative Corsicam
Ablative Corsicā
Vocative Corsica
Locative Corsicae

Descendants

References

  • “Corsica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Corsica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Geographiae Libri VIII: Librum tertium continens, Volume 3

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Corsica

  1. Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia); form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by Korsika

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Corsica

  1. Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia); (pre-2005) alternative form of Korsika
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