Filicudi
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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian Filicudi.
Proper noun
Filicudi f
- one of the Lipari Islands, in the Tyrrhenian Sea
Anagrams
Sicilian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Φοινικώδης (Phoinikṓdēs), from φοῖνῐξ (phoînĭx, “purple or crimson, palm tree, date (the fruit of the date palm)”) + -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “full of, like”). Previously also Phoenicūsa, from Ancient Greek Φοινικοῦσσα (Phoinikoûssa), from φοῖνῐξ (phoînĭx, “purple or crimson, palm tree, date (the fruit of the date palm)”) + -εσσᾰ (-essă, “full of, like”). Compare the latter desinence with Ancient Greek Πιθηκοῦσαι (Pithēkoûsai), Ancient Greek Συρᾱ́κουσαι (Surā́kousai, “Syracuse”) and Ancient Greek Λοπαδοῦσσα (Lopadoûssa, “Lampedusa”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Filicudi f
- Filicudi (a small island of the Aeolian Islands, in the Tyrrhenian Sea in Sicily, Italy)