English Explanatory Dictionary

Palermo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Palermo and the region of Sicily, Italy.
  2. A metropolitan city in Sicily, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Palermo.
  3. A former province of Sicily, Italy.
  4. A large neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  5. A place in the United States:
  6. A census-designated place in Butte County, California.
  7. An unincorporated community in Doniphan County, Kansas.
  8. A town in Waldo County, Maine.
  9. A town in Oswego County, New York.
  10. A minor city in Mountrail County, North Dakota.
  11. A habitational surname

Pronunciation

/pəˈlɜː(ɹ)məʊ/ /pəˈlɛə(ɹ)məʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Palermo.wav

Word forms

Palermo

Etymology

From Italian Palermo, from Sicilian Palermu, from Arabic بَلَرْم (Balarm), from Latin Panormus, from Ancient Greek Πάνορμος (Pánormos), from πᾰν- (păn-, “all”) + ὅρμος (hórmos, “port”) for its natural harbor.

Related words

Palermitan

Translations

Arabic: بَالِيرْمُو Arabic: بَلَرْم Arabic: بليرمو Arabic: پليرمو Catalan: Palerm Chinese Mandarin: 巴勒莫 Corsican: Palermu Dutch: Palermo French: Palerme Georgian: პალერმო Greek: Παλέρμο Greek: Πάνορμος Ancient Greek: Πάνορμος Italian: Palermo Japanese: パレルモ Latin: Panormus Latin: Panormum Maltese: Palermo Marathi: पालेर्मो Occitan: Palèrme Polish: Palermo Portuguese: Palermo Russian: Пале́рмо Sardinian: Palermu Sicilian: Palermu Sicilian: Palìaimmu Turkish: Palermo Ottoman Turkish: پالرمو Ukrainian: Пале́рмо
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