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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Sardinian, from Medieval Latin cursoria (“portion of grazeland”), originally a neuter plural, derived from Latin currō (“to run”), due to it indicating a portion of land where sheep were free to roam.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kusˈsɔr.d͡ʒa/
- Rhymes: -ɔrdʒa
- Hyphenation: cus‧sòr‧gia
Noun
cussorgia f (plural cussorge)
- (law) a Sardinian institution about the use of grazeland
Further reading
- cussorgia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana