Agrigento

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/

Proper noun

Agrigento

1. A province of Sicily, Italy.
2. The capital city of Agrigento.

Anagrams

• going rate

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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Proper noun

Agrigento f

1. Agrigento (a province and city in Sicily, Italy)

Anagrams

• ingorgate
• troneggia

Noun

Agrigentō

1. dative singular of Agrigentum
2. ablative singular of Agrigentum

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/

Proper noun

Agrigento f

1. Agrigento (a province and city in Sicily, Italy)