Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pantelleria

/ˌpæntəˈlɛəɹiə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables: pan-tel-le-ria
IPA: /ˌpæntəˈlɛəɹiə/

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

Etymology

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).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: Pantiddirìa, بِنْتُ الرِّياح

Derived Forms

pantellerite

Questions

How do you pronounce pantelleria?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpæntəˈlɛəɹiə/.
What does pantelleria mean?: An inhabited volcanic island belonging to the province of Trapani, Sicily, between Italy and Tunisia.
Where does pantelleria come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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