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Sardinia

[sahr-din-ee-uh, -din-yuh]
noun
  1. a large island in the Mediterranean, W of Italy: with small nearby islands it comprises a department of Italy. 9301 sq. mi. (24,090 sq. km).
  2. a former kingdom 1720–1860, including this island and Savoy, Piedmont, and Genoa (after 1815) in NW Italy: ruled by the House of Savoy. Capital: Turin.
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Italian Sar·de·gna [sahr-de-nyah] /sɑrˈdɛ nyɑ/.
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  • Lanfear had been going to the Sardegna himself, but while he bowed he now decided upon another hotel.

    Between The Dark And The Daylight

    William Dean Howells

British Dictionary definitions for sardegna

Sardegna

noun
  1. the Italian name for Sardinia
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Sardinia

noun
  1. the second-largest island in the Mediterranean: forms, with offshore islands, an administrative region of Italy; ceded to Savoy by Austria in 1720 in exchange for Sicily and formed the Kingdom of Sardinia with Piedmont; became part of Italy in 1861. Capital: Cagliari. Pop: 1 637 639 (2003 est). Area: 24 089 sq km (9301 sq miles)Italian name: Sardegna
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Word Origin and History for sardegna

Sardinia

large island west of Italy, Latin, from Greek Sardo; perhaps named for the local Iberian people who settled there; the original form and meaning of the name is lost. A Punic (Phoenician) stelle from 7c. B.C.E. refers to it as Shardan. The oblique cases are sometimes Sardonos, etc., as if from *Sardon. Related: Sardinian.

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sardegna in Culture

Sardinia

Italian island in the Mediterranean Sea west of the mainland of Italy.

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Note

The kingdom of Sardinia, which was founded in the early eighteenth century, became the nucleus of united Italy during the nineteenth century.
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