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Latin
Etymology
From Sicilian Nissa, itself from Arabic قَلْعَة النِسَاء (qalʕa an-nisāʔ, “Fortress of the Women”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nissa f sg (genitive Nissae); first declension
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Caltanissetta (a town in Sicily, Italy)
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Sicilian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic النِسَاء (an-nisāʔ), clipping of the extended form Arabic قَلْعَة النِسَاء (qalʕa an-nisāʔ, “Fortress of the Women”). Compare, for a similar output from Siculo-Arabic, compare Buxema and Xibbetta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnis.sa/
- Hyphenation: Nìs‧sa
Proper noun
Nissa m
- Caltanissetta (a city, in Sicily, Italy)
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