Pantelleria

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian Pantelleria, from Sicilian Pantiddirìa, from Arabic بِنْتُ الرِّياح (bintu ar-riyāḥ, “daugther of the winds”), perhaps through a dialectal Arabic form with a genitive particle (equivalent to a theoretical Maltese *bint tar-rjieħ, *bint tal-irjieħ). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌpæntəˈlɛəɹiə/, /ˌpʌntəˈlɛəɹiə/ === Proper noun === Pantelleria An inhabited volcanic island belonging to the province of Trapani, Sicily, between Italy and Tunisia. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Italian == === Etymology === From Sicilian Pantiddirìa, from Arabic بِنْتُ الرِّياح (bintu ar-riyāḥ, “daugther of the winds”), perhaps through a dialectal Arabic form with a genitive particle (equivalent to a theoretical Maltese *bint tar-rjieħ, *bint tal-irjieħ). The island was Arabic-speaking until the 18th century. Its older Latin name was Cossura. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pan.tel.leˈri.a/ Rhymes: -ia Hyphenation: Pan‧tel‧le‧rì‧a === Proper noun === Pantelleria f Pantelleria (“Sicilian island”) a comune in Trapani, Sicily, Italy ==== Derived terms ==== pantesco === References ===