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Pantelleria

/ˌpæntəˈlɛəɹiə/

Pantelleria proper noun: an inhabited volcanic island belonging to the province of Trapani, Sicily, between Italy and Tunisia.

Proper noun

Pantelleria

  1. An inhabited volcanic island belonging to the province of Trapani, Sicily, between Italy and Tunisia.

Pantelleria meaning in Arabic

Pantelleria in Arabic

Sicilian island
بَانْتِلِيرِيَا bāntilīriyā

Origin of Pantelleria

Borrowed from Italian Pantelleria, from Sicilian Pantiddirìa, from Arabic بِنْتُ الرِّياح (bintu ar-riyāḥ, “daugther of the winds”), perhaps through a dialectal Arabic form with a genitive particle (equivalent to a theoretical Maltese *bint tar-rjieħ, *bint tal-irjieħ).

Words formed from Pantelleria

Questions about Pantelleria

What does Pantelleria mean?
Pantelleria means an inhabited volcanic island belonging to the province of Trapani, Sicily, between Italy and Tunisia.
What is Pantelleria in Arabic?
Pantelleria in Arabic is بَانْتِلِيرِيَا (bāntilīriyā). See Pantelleria meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Pantelleria?
Pantelleria is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Pantelleria?
Pantelleria is pronounced /ˌpæntəˈlɛəɹiə/.

Words near Pantelleria in the dictionary

  1. Panteleimon
  2. pantelephone
  3. pantelephones
  4. Pantelimon
  5. Pantelis
  6. Pantelleria
  7. pantellerite
  8. pantellerites
  9. pantelleritic
  10. panter
  11. panterritorial

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