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 (Akrágăntă), accusative of Ἀκράγᾱς (Akrágās), from ἄκρος (ákros, “at the edge”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌæɡɹɪˈd͡ʒɛntəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæɡɹɪˈd͡ʒɛntoʊ/

Proper noun

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Agrigento

Wikipedia

Agrigento

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

Translations

province and city in Sicily

Arabic: جِرْجَنْت m (jirjant), كِرْكَنْت m (kirkant) (traditional names), أَغْرِيجِنْتُو m (ʔaḡrījintū) (modern Italianism) Armenian: Ագրիջենտո (Agriǰento) Belarusian: Агрыджэ́нта n (Ahrydžénta) Bulgarian: Агридженто n (Agridžento) Catalan: Agrigent f Chinese: Mandarin: 阿格里真托 (Āgélǐzhēntuō) Corsican: Agrigentu f Finnish: Agrigento French: Agrigente (fr) f Georgian: აგრიჯენტო (agriǯenṭo) German: Agrigent (de) n Greek: Αγκριτζέντο (el) n (Agkritzénto) Ancient: Ἀκράγᾱς m (Akrágās) Hebrew: אגריג׳נטו m (Agrijénto) Italian: Agrigento (it) f Japanese: アグリジェント (Agurijento) Kazakh: Агридженто (Agridjento) Korean: 아그리젠토 (ageurijento) Latin: Agrigentum n Latvian: Agridžento m, (obsolete) Džirdženti m Lithuanian: Agridžentas m Macedonian: Агриџенто n (Agridžento) Malayalam: അഗ്രിജന്തോ (agrijantō) Mingrelian: აგრიჯენტო (agriǯenṭo) Persian: آگریجنتو (âgrijento) Piedmontese: Agrigent f Portuguese: Agrigento f Russian: Агридже́нто n (Agridžénto) Sanskrit: अग्रिजेन्तो m (agrijento) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Агриђенто n, Агригент n Roman: Agrigento n, Agrigent n Sicilian: Girgenti m, Giurgenti m Spanish: Agrigento (es) f Tarantino: Agrigende f Thai: อากรีเจนโต (Àak-rii-jeen-dtoo) Turkish: Agrigento Ukrainian: Агрідже́нто n (Ahridžénto), Аґрідже́нто n (Agridžénto) Urdu: ایگریجینتو m Veps: Agridžento

Anagrams

• erogating, going rate

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Agrigento

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

Borrowed 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 (Akrágăntă), from ἄκρος (ákros, “at the edge”). Doublet of Girgenti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡriˈd͡ʒɛn.to/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: A‧gri‧gèn‧to

Proper noun

Agrigento f

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

   Synonym: Girgenti (historical)

Derived terms

• agrigentino

Anagrams

• ingorgate, trenaggio, troneggia

Latin

Proper noun

Agrigentō

1. dative/ablative singular of Agrigentum

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

Agrigento

Wikipedia ^pt

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 (Akrágăntă), accusative of Ἀκράγᾱς (Akrágās), from ἄκρος (ákros, “at the edge”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡɾiˈʒẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡɾiˈʒẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡɾiˈʒẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡɾiˈʒẽ.tu/ [ɐ.ɣɾiˈʒẽ.tu]

Proper noun

Agrigento f

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

Derived terms

• agrigentino