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catania

/kəˈteɪnjə/

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What does catania mean?

proper noun

  1. A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy.
  2. A metropolitan city of Sicily, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Catania.
  3. A habitational surname from Italian.
More meanings (1)

proper noun

  1. (historical) A former province of Sicily.

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IPA pronunciation

/kəˈteɪnjə/

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Be that as it may, a lava stream out of Mount Etna, in Sicily, came once down straight upon the town of Catania.
Charles KingsleyMadam How and Lady Why; Or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for ChildrenProject Gutenberg ebook #1697
With these data, the ratio of the height to the circumference would be only a seventy-second; but I find on tracing a curve through Catania, Palermo, Bronte, and Piemonte, only 62 miles in circumference, according to the best maps.
Alexander von Humboldt; Aimé BonplandPersonal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1Translated by Thomasina RossProject Gutenberg ebook #6322
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This man's name was Nicolas, born of poor parents at Catania.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747
More recently the Anthropological Society of Vienna compared the stone hatchets found near the Canadian lakes and in the deserts of Uruguay, with others from Catania in Italy, Angermunde in Brandenburg, and a tomb in Scandinavia, deciding that they were all exactly alike.
Jean-François-Albert du Pouget, marquis de NadaillacManners and Monuments of Prehistoric PeoplesTranslated by N. D'AnversProject Gutenberg ebook #3309