vaḍḍu
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Sicilian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- vallu (non-retroflexed variant)
Etymology
[edit]From Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, entrenchment, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Cognate with Catalan val, Galician and Portuguese valo, Spanish valla, Italian vallo. Compare also English wall.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vaḍḍu m (plural vaḍḍi)
- (historical, Ancient Rome) the wooden fence built at the top of a rampart
- (historical, Ancient Rome, loosely) rampart, bulwark
- (historical, Sicily) territorial division of the island of Sicily, administered and politically controlled through the so-called vaḍḍu/vallo system