Cincinnati

Cincinnati

See also: cincinnati

English

Etymology

Named after the Society of the Cincinnati, which is named after Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus; see Latin Cincinnāti and Cincinnātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪnsɨˈnæti/, /sɪnsɨˈnætə/

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Proper noun

Cincinnati

1. The third largest city in Ohio, United States and the county seat of Hamilton County.
2. A city in Appanoose County, Iowa.
3. An unincorporatedcommunity in Washington County, Arkansas.
4. An unincorporatedcommunity in Center Township, Greene County, Indiana.
5. An unincorporatedcommunity in Washington Township, Parke County, Indiana.
6. An unincorporatedcommunity in Ralls County, Missouri.
7. (historical) An unincorporatedcommunity in Polk County, Oregon; modern Eola.
8. (historical) A settlement in El Dorado County, California.
9. Any of five ships of the United States Navy.

Synonyms

• (city in Ohio): Cincy (informal), Cinti (informal)

Derived terms

• Cincinnatian
• Cincinnati chili
• Cincinnatia

Translations

city in Ohio

Arabic: سينسيناتي‎ Armenian: Ցինցինատի (Cʿincʿinati) Azerbaijani: Sinsinnati Belarusian: Цынцынаці (Cyncynaci), Цынцынаты (Cyncynaty) Bulgarian: Синсинати (Sinsinati) Chechen: Цинциннати (Cincinnati) Chinese: Mandarin: 辛辛那提 (zh) (Xīnxīnnàtí), 辛辛那堤 Finnish: Cincinnati (fi) Georgian: ცინცინატი (cincinaṭi) Greek: Σινσινάτι (Sinsináti) Hebrew: סינסינטי‎ Japanese: シンシナティ Kazakh: Синсинатти (Sinsinatti) Korean: 신시내티 (sinsinaeti) Latin: Cincinnati Latvian: Sinsinati Lithuanian: Sinsinatis Marathi: सिनसिनाटी (sinsināṭī) Mongolian: Цинциннати (Cincinnati) Ossetian: Цинциннати (Cincinnati) Persian: سینسینتی‎ Portuguese: Cincinnati f, Cincinati f Russian: Цинциннати (ru) (Cincinnati) Serbo-Croatian: Синсинати Spanish: Cincinnati (es) Tamil: சின்சினாட்டி (ciṉciṉāṭṭi) Thai: ซินซินแนติ Ukrainian: Цинциннаті (Cyncynnati) Urdu: سنسیناٹی‎ Vietnamese: Cincinnati, Xin-xin-na-ti Yiddish: סינסינאַטי‎ (sinsinati)

Noun

Cincinnati (plural Cincinnatis)

1. (bowling) A 7–9 or 8–10 split (result of a first throw).

References

• Machlin, Evangeline (February 28, 2006) Dialects for the Stage‎, New York City: Routledge, →ISBN, page 25
• Webster, Noah; Walker, John; Allen Goodrich, Chauncey (1852), “A Geographical Vocabulary”, in A dictionary of the English language; exhibiting the origin, orthography, pronunciation, & definitions of words; to which are added, a synopsis of words differently pronounced by different orthoëpists, and Walker's key to the classical pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture proper names; with the addition of a vocabulary of modern geographical names, with their pronunciation‎, London, page 97

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Latin

Adjective

Cincinnātī

1. genitive masculine singular of Cincinnātus

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Cincinati

Proper noun

Cincinnati f

1. Cincinnati (a city in Ohio, United States)