Trinacria

See also: trinacria

Translingual
†Trinacria ventricosa

Etymology

From Latin Trīnacria, from Ancient Greek Τρινακρία (Trinakría, “having three headlands”), from its 3-fold rotational symmetry, giving it the form of a triskelion.

Proper noun

†Trinacria f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the superphylum Heterokonta – various extinct diatoms of the Eocene.

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English

Etymology

From Latin Trīnacria, from Ancient Greek Τρινακρία (Trinakría, “having three headlands”).

Proper noun

Trinacria

  1. (geography, historical) Sicily.
  2. (historical) The Kingdom of Sicily.
  3. The triskeles emblem of Sicily.
    1. (by extension) The flag of Sicily.

Further reading

Italian
La Trinacria

Etymology

From Latin Trīnacria, from Ancient Greek Τρινακρία (Trinakría).

Proper noun

Trinacria f

  1. (geography, obsolete) Sicily
    Synonym: Sicilia
  2. the flag of the autonomous region of Sicily
  3. the triskeles emblem of Sicily, which appears on the flag

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τρινακρία (Trinakría).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /triːˈna.kri.a/, [t̪riːˈnäkriä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /triˈna.kri.a/, [t̪riˈnäːkriä]

Proper noun

Trīnacria f sg (genitive Trīnacriae); first declension

  1. An ancient name for Sicily or Sicilia, given its triangular shape and three large coastlines.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Trīnacria
Genitive Trīnacriae
Dative Trīnacriae
Accusative Trīnacriam
Ablative Trīnacriā
Vocative Trīnacria

Synonyms

Descendants
  • French: Trinacrie
  • English: Trinacria
  • German: Trinacria
  • Italian: Trinacria
  • Russian: Тринакрия (Trinakrija)
  • Sicilian: Trinàcria

References
  • “Trinacria”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Trinacria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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