Catania

Catania

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Catania.

Proper noun

Catania (countable and uncountable, plural Catanias)

1. A metropolitan city of Sicily, Italy.
2. The capital city of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy.
3. A habitational surname from Italian.

Translations

province of Sicily

Bulgarian: Катания (Katanija) Catalan: Catània (ca) f French: Catane (fr) Greek: Κατάνια (el) f (Katánia) Italian: Catania (it) Polish: Katania (pl) f Portuguese: Catânia f Russian: Ката́ния f (Katánija) Sicilian: Catania f

capital of Catania

Bulgarian: Катания (Katanija) Catalan: Catània (ca) f French: Catane (fr) German: Catania (de) n Greek: Κατάνια (el) f (Katánia) Italian: Catania (it) f Latin: Catana (la) f Polish: Katania (pl) f Portuguese: Catânia f Russian: Ката́ния f (Katánija) Sicilian: Catania f

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Translations to be checked

Maltese: (please verify) Katanja Sicilian: (please verify) Catania

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Catania is the 9527^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3412 individuals. Catania is most common among White (92.47%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Catania”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 303.

Anagrams

• Cataian

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Italian

Etymology

Named by the indigenous Sicel people; from Sicel katane (“grater, flaying knife, skinning place; crude tool apt to pare”) (compare Ancient Greek κατάνη (katánē)).[1] The name was adopted by Greek settlers, survived Hellenization and passed into Roman rule.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈta.nja/

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• Rhymes: -anja
• Hyphenation: Ca‧tà‧nia

Proper noun

Catania f

1. Catania (a metropolitan city of Sicily, Italy)
2. Catania (the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy)

Proper noun

Catania m or f by sense

1. a habitational surname

Derived terms

• catanese

References

1. Various authors (1987), Enciclopedia di Catania, Tringale

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Sicilian

Proper noun

Catania f

1. Catania (a metropolitan city of Sicily, Italy)
2. Catania (the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy)