Agrigento

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˌæɡɹɪˈd͡ʒɛntəʊ/ /ˌæɡɹɪˈd͡ʒɛntoʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Agrigento.wav

Word forms

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

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