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Palermo

proper nounattested in dialogue

  • //pəˈlɜː(ɹ)məʊ//
  • //pəˈlɛə(ɹ)məʊ//

A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Palermo and the region of Sicily, Italy.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Palermo and the region of Sicily, Italy.

  2. 2

    A metropolitan city in Sicily, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Palermo.

  3. 3

    historicalA former province of Sicily, Italy.

  4. 4

    A large neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

  5. 5

    A place in the United States: A census-designated place in Butte County, California.

  6. 6

    A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Doniphan County, Kansas.

  7. 7

    A place in the United States: A town in Waldo County, Maine.

  8. 8

    A place in the United States: A town in Oswego County, New York.

  9. 9

    A place in the United States: A minor city in Mountrail County, North Dakota.

  10. 10

    A habitational surname

Etymology

From Italian Palermo, from Sicilian Palermu, from Arabic بَلَرْم (Balarm), from Latin Panormus, from Ancient Greek Πάνορμος (Pánormos), from πᾰν- (păn-, “all”) + ὅρμος (hórmos, “port”) for its natural harbor.

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