Trinacria

[ trih-ney-kree-uh, -nak-ree-uh, trahy- ]

/ trɪˈneɪ kri ə, -ˈnæk ri ə, traɪ- /

noun

an ancient name of Sicily.

Related forms

Tri·na·cri·an, adjective

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Examples from the Web for trinacria

From the strait they passed to the island of Trinacria, where they found grazing the cattle of the Sun.
Authors of Greece|T. W. Lumb
It was anciently called Trinacria, from its triangular shape, and is about six hundred miles in circumference.
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844|Various
Scarcely less mischievous than these sowers of dissension, is the barber-surgeon, who still flourishes in Trinacria.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXII.|Various
This piano solo was the nearest approach to chamber music that a thorough search and research revealed in the island of Trinacria.
Atlantic Classics|Various

Its shape is so regularly three-cornered, that Triangle or Triple-point (Trinacria) was one of its ancient names.
A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla|Leigh Hunt

British Dictionary definitions for trinacria

Trinacria

/ (trɪˈneɪkrɪə, traɪ-) /

noun

the Latin name for Sicily

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