Corsica

See also: córsica

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Corsica.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Corsica

  1. An island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Corsican

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Corsica (from Ancient Greek Κορσίς (Korsís)).

Pronunciation

  • (Upper Corsica) IPA(key): /ˈkorsiɡa/
  • (Southern Corsica) IPA(key): /ˈkɔrsiɡa/, /ˈkɔrsika/

Proper noun

Corsica f

  1. Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)

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

  1. Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Corsica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔr.si.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrsika
  • Hyphenation: Còr‧si‧ca

Proper noun

Corsica f

  1. Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Unknown, possibly from Ancient Ligurian or Etruscan.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Corsica f sg (genitive Corsicae); first declension

  1. 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
  • Corsicus
  • Corsus

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

  1. 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region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia); form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by Korsika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

  1. 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

  1. Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)

Derived terms