Agrigento

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Agrigento, from Latin Agrigentum, possibly from the root words ager (“field”) and gēns (“clan, kin”), but more likely to be a corruption of Ancient Greek Ἀκράγᾰντᾰ (Akráganta), accusative of Ἀκράγᾱς (Akrágās), from ἄκρος (ákros, “at the edge”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌæɡɹɪˈd͡ʒɛntəʊ/

Proper noun

Agrigento

1. A province of Sicily, Italy.
2. The capital city of Agrigento.

Translations

province and city in Sicily

• Arabic: جِرْجَنْت m (jirjant), كِرْكَنْت m (kirkant) (traditional names), أَغْرِيجِنْتُو m (ʔaḡrījintū) (modern Italianism)
• Armenian: Ագրիջենտո (Agriǰento)
• Belarusian: Агрыджэ́нта n (Ahrydžénta)
• Bulgarian: Агридженто n (Agridžento)
• Catalan: Agrigent f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿格里真托 (Āgélǐzhēntuō)

• Corsican: Agrigentu f
• Finnish: Agrigento
• French: Agrigente (fr) f
• Georgian: აგრიჯენტო (agriǯenṭo)
• German: Agrigent (de) n
• Greek: Αγκριτζέντο (el) n (Agkritzénto)

  Ancient: Ἀκράγᾱς m (Akrágās)

• Hebrew: אגריג׳נטו m (Agrijénto)
• Italian: Agrigento (it) f
• Japanese: アグリジェント (Agurijento)
• Kazakh: Агридженто (Agridjento)
• Korean: 아그리젠토 (ageurijento)
• Latin: Agrigentum n
• Latvian: Agridžento m, (obsolete) Džirdženti m
• Lithuanian: Agridžentas m
• Macedonian: Агриџенто n (Agridžento)
• Malayalam: അഗ്രിജന്തോ (agrijantō)
• Mingrelian: აგრიჯენტო (agriǯenṭo)
• Persian: آگریجنتو (âgrijento)
• Piedmontese: Agrigent f
• Portuguese: Agrigento f
• Russian: Агридже́нто n (Agridžénto)
• Sanskrit: अग्रिजेन्तो m (agrijento)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Агриђенто n, Агригент n

  Roman: Agrigento n, Agrigent n

• Sicilian: Girgenti m, Giurgenti m
• Spanish: Agrigento (es) f
• Tarantino: Agrigende f
• Thai: อากรีเจนโต (Àak-rii-jeen-dtoo)
• Turkish: Agrigento
• Ukrainian: Агрідже́нто n (Ahridžénto), Аґрідже́нто n (Agridžénto)
• Urdu: ایگریجینتو m
• Veps: Agridžento

Anagrams

• erogating, going rate

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Agrigentum, possibly from the root words ager (“field”) and gēns (“clan, kin”), but more likely to be a corruption of Ancient Greek Ἀκράγᾰντᾰ (Akráganta), from ἄκρος (ákros, “at the edge”). Cognate to Sicilian Girgenti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡriˈd͡ʒɛn.to/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: A‧gri‧gèn‧to

Proper noun

Agrigento f

1. Agrigento (a province and city in Sicily, Italy)

Derived terms

• agrigentino

Anagrams

• ingorgate, trenaggio, troneggia

Latin

Proper noun

Agrigentō

1. dative/ablative singular of Agrigentum

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Agrigento, from Latin Agrigentum, possibly from the root words ager (“field”) and gēns (“clan, kin”), but more likely to be a corruption of Ancient Greek Ἀκράγᾰντᾰ (Akráganta), accusative of Ἀκράγᾱς (Akrágās), from ἄκρος (ákros, “at the edge”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡɾiˈʒẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡɾiˈʒẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡɾiˈʒẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡɾiˈʒẽ.tu/ [ɐ.ɣɾiˈʒẽ.tu]

Proper noun

Agrigento f

1. Agrigento (a province and city in Sicily, Italy)

Derived terms

• agrigentino