Agrigento

//ˌæɡɹɪˈd͡ʒɛntoʊ// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A province of Sicily, Italy.
  2. 2
    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”).

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