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agrigento

/ˌæɡɹɪˈd͡ʒɛntoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.70 in modern English

Syllables
agri-gen-to
IPA
/ˌæɡɹɪˈd͡ʒɛntoʊ/
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A province of Sicily, Italy.

name

The capital city of Agrigento.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Agrigento, from Latin Agrigentum, possibly from the root words ager (“field”) and gēns (“clan, kin”), but more likely to be a corruption of Ancient Greek Ἀκράγᾰντᾰ (Akrágăntă), accusative of Ἀκράγᾱς (Akrágās), from ἄκρος (ákros, “at the edge”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Agrigento, Agrigentum, Ἀκράγᾰντᾰ

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌæɡɹɪˈd͡ʒɛntoʊ/
  • British English: /ˌæɡɹɪˈd͡ʒɛntəʊ/

Questions

How do you pronounce agrigento?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌæɡɹɪˈd͡ʒɛntoʊ/.
What does agrigento mean?
A province of Sicily, Italy.
Where does agrigento come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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