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Sardinia
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Sardinía Sardínia sardinia
English
250px|thumb|right|Satellite view of the Italian island Sardinia.
Etymology
Borrowing from en la Sardinia and en grc Σαρδώ, which in turn derive from a pre-Roman en qfa-sub language, und *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, Italy Nora and dated to the 9th century identifies the island as Shardan.The Cambridge Ancient History 0521086914, page 369: "In the earliest Phoenician inscription found in Sardinia, that from Nora, probably of the ninth century B.C., although it is incomplete, the name of the island appears as Shardan (be-shardan), [...]"
Pronunciation
en /sɑɹˈdɪniə/ GA
en /sɑːˈdɪnɪə/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sardinia.wav Southern England
en Sar din ia
Proper noun
en Q1462en island/and/ar c/Italy in the Mediterranean Sea.
en place c/USA:
en unincorporated community s/Indiana.
en town co/Erie County s/New York.
en village twp:Suf/Washington co/Brown County and twp:Suf/Clay co/Highland County s/Ohio.
Meronyms
en Cagliari Nuoro Oristano Sassari South Sardinia island and administrative region of Italy
Derived terms
en Kingdom of Sardinia
Related terms
en Sardinian
en sardine
Translations
island of Italy
Albanian: sq Sardenja f
Antillean Creole: gcf Sadègn f
Arabic: ar سَرْدِينْيَا f, ar سَرْدَانِيَة f, ar سَرْدِينِيَة f, ar سُرِدَانِيَة f
Hijazi Arabic: acw سَرْدينيا f sardīnya
Aragonese: an Cerdenya f
Armenian: hy Սարդինիա
Belarusian: be Сардзі́нія f
Breton: br Sardigna f, br Sardinia f
Bulgarian: bg Сардѝния f
Catalan: ca Sardenya f
Cherokee: chr ᏌᏗᏂᏯ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 撒丁島 Sādīng dǎo China mainland, cmn 薩丁尼亞島 Sàdīngníyà dǎo Taiwan
Corsican: co Sardegna f, co Sardigna f
Czech: cs Sardinie f
Danish: da Sardinien
Dutch: nl Sardinië n
Emilian: egl Sardàggna f
Esperanto: eo Sardio, eo Sardujo
Estonian: et Sardiinia
Finnish: fi Sardinia
Franco-Provençal: frp Sardêgne f
French: fr Sardaigne f
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Sardynje n
Friulian: fur Sardegne f
Galician: gl Sardeña f
Gallurese: sdn Saldigna f
Georgian: ka სარდინია
German: de Sardinien n
Greek: el Σαρδηνία f
Ancient Greek: grc Σαρδέλα f, grc Σανδάλιον n, grc Σαρδώ f
Haitian Creole: ht Sadèy f
Hebrew: he סרדיניה
Hindi: hi सारडीनिया, hi सार्डिनिया
Hungarian: hu Szardínia
Icelandic: is Sardinía f
Ido: io Sardinia
Irish: ga Sairdín f
Italian: it Sardegna f
Japanese: ja サルデーニャ Sarudēnya, ja サルディーニャ Sarudīnya Sardinian form, ja サルディニア Sarudinia, Latin form
Korean: ko ^사르데냐
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Sardînya f
Latin: la Sardinia f
Latvian: lv Sardīnija f
Ligurian: lij Sardegna f
Lithuanian: lt Sardinija f
Macedonian: mk Сардинија f
Maltese: mt Sardenja
Manx: gv Sardeen yn Tardeen f
Marathi: mr सार्डिनिया
Neapolitan: nap Zardegna f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Sardinia
Nynorsk: nn Sardinia
Occitan: oc Sardenha f
Persian: fa ساردینیا sârdiniyâ
Picard: pcd Sardaigne f
Piedmontese: pms Sardëgna f
Polish: pl Sardynia f
Portuguese: pt Sardenha f
Punjabi: pa ਸਾਰਦੇਞਾ
Romagnol: rgn Sardàggna f
Romanian: ro Sardinia f
Russian: ru Сарди́ния f
Sardinian: sc Sardigna f, rare sc Sardinnia f, sc Sardìnnia f
Sassarese: sdc Sardhigna f
Scots: sco Sardinie
Scottish Gaelic: gd Sardainia f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Са̀рдӣнија f
Latin: sh Sàrdīnija f
Sicilian: scn Sardigna f
Silesian: szl Sardyńijo
Slovak: sk Sardínia f
Slovene: sl Sardínija f
Somali: so Sardiiniya
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb Sardiniska f
Upper Sorbian: hsb Sardiniska f
Spanish: es Cerdeña f
Swedish: sv Sardinien n
Tamil: ta சார்தீனியா
Telugu: te సార్డీనియా
Turkish: tr Sardunya, tr Sardinya
Ottoman Turkish: ota سردنیا
Turkmen: tk Sardiniýa
Ukrainian: uk Сарди́нія f
Volapük: vo Sardineän
Walloon: wa Sardegne f
Welsh: cy Sardinia f
See also
References
en terms suffixed with -ia (place) exonyms
Finnish
Etymology
From fi la Sardinia.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi Sardinia Q1462
Declension
sg Sardini a
Derived terms
fi sardinia sardinialainen
fi compounds sardiniankerttu sardinianmufloni
Latin
Etymology
la Sardinia :der grc:Σαρδώ + 1
Proper noun
Sardinia<1.loc>
la Sardinia Q1462
Declension
Sardinia<1.loc>
Related terms
la Sardī Sardus Sardōus Sardonius Sardiniānus Sardiniensis
Descendants
ca Sardenya
it Sardegna
es Cerdeña
pt Sardenha
en Sardinia 1
de Sardinien 1
el Σαρδηνία 1
pl Sardynia 1
ro Sardinia 1
ru Сарди́ния 1
See also
References
Norwegian Bokmål
no:
Etymology
nb la Sardinia.
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb Sardinia Q1462
Related terms
nb sardinier
nb sardinsk
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Etymology
nn la Sardinia.
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn Sardinia Q1462
Related terms
nn sardiniar
nn sardinsk
Romanian
ro:
Proper noun
f
ro Sardinia Q1462
Declension
Sardini sg
References