Agrigento
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Agrigento, from Latin Agrigentum, possibly from the root words ager (“field”) and gēns (“clan, kin”), but more likely to be a corruption of Ancient Greek Ἀκράγᾰντᾰ (Akráganta), accusative of Ἀκράγᾱς (Akrágās), from ἄκρος (ákros, “at the edge”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌæɡɹɪˈd͡ʒɛntəʊ/
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Italian
Etymology
Latin Agrigentum, possibly from the root words ager (“field”) and gēns (“clan, kin”), but more likely to be a corruption of Ancient Greek Ἀκράγᾰντᾰ (Akráganta), accusative of Ἀκράγᾱς (Akrágās), from ἄκρος (ákros, “at the edge”). Cognate to Sicilian Girgenti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ɡriˈdʒɛn.to/
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Derived terms
Latin
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Agrigento, from Latin Agrigentum, possibly from the root words ager (“field”) and gēns (“clan, kin”), but more likely to be a corruption of Ancient Greek Ἀκράγᾰντᾰ (Akráganta), accusative of Ἀκράγᾱς (Akrágās), from ἄκρος (ákros, “at the edge”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌa.ɡɾiˈʒẽ.tu/