sardinia
/sɑɹˈdɪniə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
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An island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Etymology
Borrowing from Latin Sardinia and Ancient Greek Σαρδώ (Sardṓ), which in turn derive from a pre-Roman substrate language, *sard, *shard. It is connected by some scholars to the name of the Sherden or Shardana, an ethnic group amongst the Sea Peoples. A Phoenician inscription found in Nora and dated to the 9th century B.C.E. identifies the island as Shardan.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Sardinia, Σαρδώ
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /sɑɹˈdɪniə/
- British English: /sɑːˈdɪnɪə/