Sardinia
//sɑɹˈdɪniə// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 An island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea.
- 2 A town in New York.
- 3 A village in Washington Township, Brown County and Clay Township, Highland County, Ohio.
- 4 An unincorporated community in Indiana.
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More examples"Sicily and Sardinia are Italian islands."
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.
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