Nissa

== Latin == === Etymology === From Sicilian Nissa, itself from Arabic قَلْعَة النِسَاء (qalʕa an-nisāʔ, “Fortress of the Women”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɪs.sa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnis.sa] === Proper noun === Nissa f sg (genitive Nissae); first declension (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Caltanissetta (a town in Sicily, Italy) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. == Sicilian == === Alternative forms === Cartanissitta (learned borrowing) === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic النِسَاء (an-nisāʔ), clipping of the extended form Arabic قَلْعَة النِسَاء (qalʕa an-nisāʔ, “Fortress of the Women”). Compare, for a similar output from Siculo-Arabic, compare Buxema and Xibbetta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnis.sa/ Hyphenation: Nìs‧sa === Proper noun === Nissa m Caltanissetta (a city, in Sicily, Italy) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Medieval Latin: Nissa === See also ===