Catania

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian Catania. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Catania (countable and uncountable, plural Catanias) A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy. A metropolitan city of Sicily, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Catania. (historical) A former province of Sicily. A habitational surname from Italian. ==== Translations ==== ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Catania is the 9527th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3412 individuals. Catania is most common among White (92.47%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Catania”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 303. === Anagrams === Cataian == Italian == === Etymology === Named by the indigenous Sicel people; from Sicel katane (“grater, flaying knife, skinning place; crude tool apt to pare”) (compare Ancient Greek κατάνη (katánē)). The name was adopted by Greek settlers, survived Hellenization and passed into Roman rule. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈta.nja/ Rhymes: -anja Hyphenation: Ca‧tà‧nia === Proper noun === Catania f (demonym catanese) Catania (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy) Catania (a metropolitan city of Sicily, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Catania) === Proper noun === Catania m or f by sense a habitational surname ==== Derived terms ==== catanese === References === == Sicilian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈta.nɪ̯a/ Hyphenation: ca‧tà‧nia === Proper noun === Catania f Catania (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy) Catania (a metropolitan city of Sicily, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Catania)