Corsica
See also: córsica
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɹsɪkə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːsɪkə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
Corsica
- An island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia.
Derived terms
Translations
island in the Mediterranean
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Anagrams
Corsican
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Corsica (from Ancient Greek Κορσίς (Korsís)).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Corsica f
- Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)
Related terms
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin Corsica. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔr.si.kaː/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Cor‧si‧ca
Proper noun
Corsica n
- Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)
Derived terms
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔr.si.ka/
- Rhymes: -ɔrsika
- Hyphenation: Còr‧si‧ca
Proper noun
Corsica f
- Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)
Related terms
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Unknown, possibly from Ancient Ligurian or Etruscan.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɔr.sɪ.ka]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔr.si.ka]
Proper noun
Corsica f sg (genitive Corsicae); first declension
- Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Corsica |
| genitive | Corsicae |
| dative | Corsicae |
| accusative | Corsicam |
| ablative | Corsicā |
| vocative | Corsica |
| locative | Corsicae |
Derived terms
- Corsicānus
Related terms
- Corsicus
- Corsus
Descendants
Descendants
References
- “Corsica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Corsica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Geographiae Libri VIII: Librum tertium continens, Volume 3
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Corsica
- Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia); form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by Korsika
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Corsica
- Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia); (pre-2005) alternative form of Korsika
Welsh
Proper noun
Corsica
- Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)
Derived terms
- Corseg (“Corsican (language)”)
- Corsicaidd (“Corsican”, adjective)
- Corsiciad (“Corsican”, noun)
- crafanc-yr-arth Corsica (“Corsican hellebore”)
- delor cnau Corsica (“Corsican nuthatch”)
- grug Corsica (“Corsican heath”)
- mintys Corsica (“Corsican mint”)
- pinwydd Corsica (“Corsican pines”)
- rhwyddlwyn Corsica (“Corsican speedwell”)
- serin Corsica (“Corsican citril finch”)
- trwyn-y-llo-dail-eiddew Corsica (“Corsican toadflax”)