Manfredonia

Italian

Etymology

From Manfredi (“a male given name”) +‎ -onia (suffix forming place names), after Manfred, King of Sicily who founded the city in 1256 after the distruction of Sipontum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /man.freˈdɔ.nja/
  • Rhymes: -ɔnja
  • Hyphenation: Man‧fre‧dò‧nia

Proper noun

Manfredonia f

  1. a large town in the province of Foggia, Apulia, Italy

Derived terms

Proper noun

Manfredonia m or f by sense

  1. a surname transferred from the place name

Further reading

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