Girgenti

English Etymology en it Girgenti, itself from en scn Girgenti Agrigento, from en fro Girgenti (Old Norman), from Arabic. Proper noun s en now historical Agrigento (city in Sicily; renamed in 1927) en 1840 George Newenham Wright The Shores and Islands of the Mediteranean 81 The city of Girgenti is situated on the declivity of a mountain, about one thousand feet above the level of the sea, and at the distance of four miles from the sites of the Carthaginian and Roman camps . en 1961 Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa The Leopard Archibald Colquhoun (translator) Archibald Colquhoun Vintage 2007 57 Florentine schooling had cancelled the sagging Girgenti accent . en Italian < Sicilian. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Girgenti is the 41959th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 518 individuals. Girgenti is most common among White (95.95%) individuals. Further reading Italian it: Etymology it scn Girgenti Agrigento, from it la-vul *(A)girgenti, apocoped metathesis of la Agrigentum, ultimately from it grc Ἀκράγας. it Agrigento. Pronunciation Girgènti Proper noun f it Agrigento a city and province in Sicily Proper noun mfbysense it place names < Sicilian Further reading girgenti Sicilian scn: Alternative forms scn Giurgenti Agriggentu Etymology From scn la-vul *(A)girgenti, apocoped metathesis of la Agrigentum, from scn grc Ἀκράγας. Compare for more scn Cilentu, scn Salentu, scn Tàrantu, scn Ugentu. Pronunciation scn /d͡ʒiɾˈd͡ʒɛn.ti/ Standard scn /d͡ʒuɾˈd͡ʒɛn.ti/ Unstressed /ɪ/ merges to /ʊ/ scn LL-Q33973 (scn)-XANA000-Girgenti.wav scn Gir gèn ti Noun scn proper noun scn province/and/city r/Sicily c/Italy Agrigento Derived terms scn girgintanu Related terms scn Saragusa Palermu Ragusa Nissa Castrugiuvanni Tràpani Missina Descendants en Girgenti 1 it Girgenti 1