Nissa

Latin

Etymology

From Sicilian Nissa, itself from Arabic قَلْعَة النِسَاء (qalʕa an-nisāʔ, “Fortress of the Women”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnis.sa/, [ˈnɪs̠ːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnis.sa/, [ˈnisːä]

Proper noun

Nissa f sg (genitive Nissae); first declension

1. (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Caltanissetta (a town in Sicily, Italy)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Nissa
genitive	Nissae
dative	Nissae
accusative	Nissam
ablative	Nissā
vocative	Nissa
locative	Nissae

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• Cartanissitta (learned borrowing)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic النِسَاء (an-nisāʔ), clipping of the extended form Arabic قَلْعَة النِسَاء (qalʕa an-nisāʔ, “Fortress of the Women”). Compare, for a similar output from Siculo-Arabic, compare Buxema and Xibbetta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnis.sa/
• Hyphenation: Nìs‧sa

Proper noun

Nissa m

1. Caltanissetta (a city, in Sicily, Italy)

Derived terms

• nissena
• nissenu

Related terms

• Buxema
• Cartabillotta
• Cartaggiruni
• Cartavuturu
• Magunza
• magunzisi
• Xibbetta

Descendants

• → Medieval Latin: Nissa

See also

• Castrujanni
• Girgenti
• Sciacca
• Terranova