Trinacria

See also: trinacria

Translingual

†Trinacria ventricosa

Etymology

From Latin Trīnacria, from Ancient Greek Τρινακρία (Trinakría, “having three headlands”), from its 3-fold rotational symmetry, giving it the form of a triskelion.

Proper noun

†Trinacria f

1. A taxonomic genus within the superphylum Heterokonta – various extinct diatoms of the Eocene.

Hyponyms

• (genus): †Trinacria regina (type species)
  • For more species, see Trinacria (diatom) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia and Trinacria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Trinacria (diatom) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Trinacria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Trinacria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

From Latin Trīnacria, from Ancient Greek Τρινακρία (Trinakría, “having three headlands”).

Proper noun

Trinacria

1. (historical) Sicily.
2. (historical) The Kingdom of Sicily.
3. The triskeles emblem of Sicily.
   1. (by extension) The flag of Sicily.

Further reading

• Trinacria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

La Trinacria

Etymology

From Latin Trīnacria, from Ancient Greek Τρινακρία (Trinakría).

Proper noun

Trinacria f

1. (geography, obsolete) Sicily

   Synonym: Sicilia

2. the flag of the autonomous region of Sicily
3. the triskeles emblem of Sicily, which appears on the flag

Derived terms

• Regno di Trinacria
• trinacrio

Further reading

• Trinacria on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• Trinacria (araldica) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• bandiera della Sicilia on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Anagrams

• inarcarti, rincarati

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τρινακρία (Trinakría).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /triːˈna.kri.a/, [t̪riːˈnäkriä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /triˈna.kri.a/, [t̪riˈnäːkriä]

Proper noun

Trīnacria f sg (genitive Trīnacriae); first declension

1. An ancient name for Sicily or Sicilia, given its triangular shape and three large coastlines.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Trīnacria
genitive	Trīnacriae
dative	Trīnacriae
accusative	Trīnacriam
ablative	Trīnacriā
vocative	Trīnacria

Synonyms

• Sicilia

Descendants

• French: Trinacrie
• Italian: Trinacria
• Russian: Тринакрия (Trinakrija)
• Sicilian: Trinàcria
• → English: Trinacria
• → German: Trinacria
• → Korean: 트리나크리아 (teurinakeuria)

References

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