Corsica
See also: córsica
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɹsɪkə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːsɪkə/
Proper noun
Corsica
- An island in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia; it is currently part of France.
Derived terms
Translations
island in the Mediterranean
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Italian
Etymology
From Latin Corsica, from Ancient Greek Κορσική (Korsikḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔr.si.ka/, [ˈkɔr̺s̪ikä]
- Stress: Còrsica
- Hyphenation: Cor‧si‧ca
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κορσική (Korsikḗ), mentioned in Homer's Odyssey. From a corruption of the island's oldest Greek name, Σειρηνούσσαι (Seirēnoússai, “of the sirens”).
Inflection
First declension, with locative.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Corsica |
| Genitive | Corsicae |
| Dative | Corsicae |
| Accusative | Corsicam |
| Ablative | Corsicā |
| Vocative | Corsica |
| Locative | Corsicae |
Related terms
- Corsicānus
- Corsicus
- Corsus
Descendants
- Catalan: Còrsega
- Corsican: Corsica
- → English: Corsica
- → Irish: An Chorsaic
- Italian: Corsica
- → Manx: Yn Chorsickey
- Portuguese: Córsega
- Spanish: Córcega
- → Welsh: Corsica
References
- Corsica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Corsica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Geographiae Libri VIII: Librum tertium continens, Volume 3
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