Mazara

See also: mazara and mazará

Latin

View of the river

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μάζαρα (Mázara).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmaz.za.ra/, [ˈmäz̪ːärä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmad.d͡za.ra/, [ˈmäd̪ː͡z̪ärä]

Proper noun

Mazara m sg (genitive Mazarae); first declension

1. A town on the southwest coast of Sicily, situated between Selinus and Lilybaeum, now Mazara del Vallo
2. a river that flows across this town, now called Mazaro

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Mazara
genitive	Mazarae
dative	Mazarae
accusative	Mazaram
ablative	Mazarā
vocative	Mazara
locative	Mazarae

References

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