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Capri
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capri
English
Etymology
en :bor it:Capri + 1
Pronunciation
en /kəˈpɹiː/ /ˈkæpɹi/
en iː æpɹi 2
Proper noun
en island in the Bay of Naples; part of region/Campania.
wine produced on the island of Capri, commonly a light dry white wine.
Derived terms
en capri
en capri pants
Translations
island in Italy
Greek: el Κάπρι n
Italian: it Capri
Latin: la Capreae f-p
Marathi: mr काप्री
Anagrams
en acipr carpi picra
Italian
it:
Etymology
Ultimately from it la Capreae, said to be from either:
it ett 𐌂𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌀
it grc κάπρος wild boar, who populated the island
la capreae goats, a doublet of the Greek word, with the Romans calling it "Goat Island."
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
it island/and/town r:pref/Campania c/Italy Capri
Derived terms
it caprese
Further reading
Charnock, Richard Stephen (1859): Local Etymology: A Derivative Dictionary of Geographical Names
Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006.
Anagrams
it acipr Carpi capir carpi carpì
Latin
Pronunciation
Caprī
Proper noun
la proper noun form Caprī
la Caper gen s