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Linguaglossa
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Italian
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Etymology
The village was originally known as Linguagrossa, a compound of it lingua tongue grossa thick, in reference to a strip or tongue of lava erupted by the Etna. The toponym changed later due to the influence of the word it glossa tongue; gloss, making the placename an example of tautology.
Pronunciation
linguaglòssa
Proper noun
f
it village/and/municipality p:pref/Catania r/Sicily c/Italy
Derived terms
it linguaglossese
Proper noun
mfbysense
it place names
Further reading
it Garzanti:Toponomastica 355b Linguaglossa