Muncibbeḍḍu

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• Mungibbeḍḍu (sonorized variant, dialectal)

Etymology

From munti +‎ Arabic جَبَل (jabal), both meaning “mountain” and hence an etymogical tautology. Perhaps influenced in form by munticeḍḍu (< Latin monticellus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmun.t͡ʃibˈbɛɖ.ɖu/
• Hyphenation: Mun‧cib‧bèḍ‧ḍu

Proper noun

Muncibbeḍḍu (m)

1. Etna (a volcano in Sicily, Italy)

   Synonyms: Etna, a Muntagna

Descendants

• → Italian: Mongibello (toponym)
• → Italian: Moncibello (surname), Mongibello (surname), Nuncibello (surname)

See also

• Bronti
• Dirnò
• Malupassu
• muntarozzu
• munti Grossi
• munti Vituri
• Niculosi
• Patirnò
• Ragarna
• Strògnuli
• Vurcanu
• Èttina

Further reading

• Etna on the Sicilian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^scn