Catania

Borrowed from Italian Catania.

Catania (countable and uncountable, plural Catanias)

1. A metropolitan city of Sicily, Italy.
2. The capital city of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy.
3. A habitational surname from Italian.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Catania is the 9527^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3412 individuals. Catania is most common among White (92.47%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Catania”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 303.

• Cataian

Named by the indigenous Sicel people; from Sicel katane (“grater, flaying knife, skinning place; crude tool apt to pare”) (compare Ancient Greek κατάνη (katánē)).[1] The name was adopted by Greek settlers, survived Hellenization and passed into Roman rule.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈta.nja/

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• Rhymes: -anja
• Hyphenation: Ca‧tà‧nia

Catania f

1. Catania (a metropolitan city of Sicily, Italy)
2. Catania (the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy)

Catania m or f by sense

1. a habitational surname

• catanese

Catania f

1. Catania (a metropolitan city of Sicily, Italy)
2. Catania (the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy)