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Nissa
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Latin
Etymology
From la scn Nissa, itself from Arabic ar قَلْعَة النِسَاء Fortress of the Women.
Pronunciation
Nissa
Proper noun
Nissa<1.loc>
la Ecclesiastical Latin la town r/Sicily c/Italy Caltanissetta
Declension
Nissa<1.loc>
Sicilian
Alternative forms
scn Cartanissitta learned borrowing
Etymology
scn ar النِسَاء, clipping of the extended form scn ar قَلْعَة النِسَاء Fortress of the Women. Compare, for a similar output from scn sqr -, compare scn Buxema and scn Xibbetta.
Pronunciation
scn /ˈnis.sa/
scn Nìs sa
Proper noun
Nissa m
scn city, r/Sicily c/Italy Caltanissetta
Derived terms
scn nissenu nissena
Related terms
scn Xibbetta Calatafimi Cartaggiruni Magunza magunzisi Buxema Cartabillotta Cartavuturu
Descendants
la-med Nissa 1
See also
scn Girgenti Terranova Xacca Castrujanni