Sardinia
See also: Sardinía and Sardínia
English
![](Images/wiktionary/Sardinia_satellite.jpg.webp)
Satellite view of the Italian island Sardinia.
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin Sardinia and Ancient Greek Σαρδώ (Sardṓ), which in turn derive from a pre-Roman substrate language, *sard, *shard. It is connected by some scholars to the name of the Sherden or Shardana, an ethnic group amongst the Sea Peoples. A Phoenician inscription found in Nora and dated to the 9th century B.C.E. identifies the island as Shardan.[1]
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /sɑɹˈdɪniə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɑːˈdɪnɪə/
Audio (Berkshire, UK)) (file) - Hyphenation: Sar‧din‧ia
Proper noun
Sardinia
- An island in the Mediterranean, and a region of Italy.
- A town in New York.
- A village in Washington Township, Brown County and Clay Township, Highland County, Ohio.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Indiana.
Derived terms
- Kingdom of Sardinia
Related terms
- Sardinian
- sardine
Translations
island of Italy
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References
- The Cambridge Ancient History →ISBN, page 369: "In the earliest Phoenician inscription found in Sardinia, that from Nora, probably of the ninth century B.C., although it is incomplete, the name of the island appears as Shardan (be-shardan), [...]"
Finnish
Etymology
From Latin Sardinia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑrdiniɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑrdiˌniɑ]
- Rhymes: -iɑ
- Syllabification(key): Sar‧di‧ni‧a
Proper noun
Sardinia
- Sardinia (a region of Italy)
Declension
Inflection of Sardinia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Sardinia | — | |
genitive | Sardinian | — | |
partitive | Sardiniaa | — | |
illative | Sardiniaan | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Sardinia | — | |
accusative | nom. | Sardinia | — |
gen. | Sardinian | ||
genitive | Sardinian | — | |
partitive | Sardiniaa | — | |
inessive | Sardiniassa | — | |
elative | Sardiniasta | — | |
illative | Sardiniaan | — | |
adessive | Sardinialla | — | |
ablative | Sardinialta | — | |
allative | Sardinialle | — | |
essive | Sardiniana | — | |
translative | Sardiniaksi | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
abessive | Sardiniatta | — | |
comitative | — | — |
Possessive forms of Sardinia (type kulkija) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | Sardiniani | Sardiniamme |
2nd person | Sardiniasi | Sardinianne |
3rd person | Sardiniansa |
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Σαρδώ (Sardṓ).
Proper noun
Sardinia f sg (genitive Sardiniae); first declension
- Sardinia
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Sardinia |
Genitive | Sardiniae |
Dative | Sardiniae |
Accusative | Sardiniam |
Ablative | Sardiniā |
Vocative | Sardinia |
Locative | Sardiniae |
Related terms
- Sardī
- Sardiniānus
- Sardiniensis
- Sardonius
- Sardōus
- Sardus
Descendants
Descendants
- Catalan: Sardenya
- English: Sardinia
- French: Sardaigne
- German: Sardinien
- Greek: Σαρδηνία (Sardinía)
- Italian: Sardegna
- Polish: Sardynia
- Portuguese: Sardenha
- Romanian: Sardinia
- Russian: Сарди́ния (Sardínija)
- Sicilian: Sardigna
- Spanish: Cerdeña
References
- “Sardinia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Sardinia
- Sardinia (a region of Italy)
Related terms
- sardinier
- sardinsk
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Sardinia
- Sardinia (a region of Italy)
Related terms
- sardiniar
- sardinsk
Romanian
Proper noun
Sardinia f
- Sardinia (an island and region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)
Declension
declension of Sardinia (singular only)
singular | ||
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f gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (o) Sardinie | Sardinia |
genitive/dative | (unei) Sardinii | Sardiniei |
vocative | Sardinie, Sardinio |