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sar·dini·a

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Sardinia, Sardegnanoun

    the Italian region on the island of Sardinia; the kingdom of Sardinia was the nucleus for uniting Italy during the 19th century

  2. Sardinia, Sardegnanoun

    an island in the Mediterranean to the west of Italy

Wiktionary

  1. Sardinianoun

    An island and region of Italy.

Wikipedia

  1. Sardinia

    Sardinia ( sar-DIN-ee-ə; Italian: Sardegna, [sarˈdeɲɲa]; Sardinian: Sardigna, [saɾˈdiɲːa]) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, and one of the 20 regions of Italy. It is located west of the Italian Peninsula, north of Tunisia and immediately south of the French island of Corsica. It is one of the five Italian regions with some degree of domestic autonomy being granted by a special statute. Its official name, Autonomous Region of Sardinia, is bilingual in Italian and Sardinian: Regione Autonoma della Sardegna / Regione Autònoma de Sardigna. It is divided into four provinces and a metropolitan city. The capital of the region of Sardinia — and its largest city — is Cagliari. Sardinia's indigenous language and Algherese Catalan are referred to by both the regional and national law as two of Italy's twelve officially recognized linguistic minorities, albeit gravely endangered, while the regional law provides some measures to recognize and protect the aforementioned as well as the island's other minority languages (the Corsican-influenced Sassarese and Gallurese, and finally Tabarchino Ligurian).Owing to the variety of Sardinia's ecosystems, which include mountains, woods, plains, stretches of largely uninhabited territory, streams, rocky coasts, and long sandy beaches, Sardinia has been metaphorically described as a micro-continent. In the modern era, many travelers and writers have extolled the beauty of its long-untouched landscapes, which retain vestiges of the Nuragic civilization.

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  1. sardinia

    Sardinia is an island located in the Mediterranean Sea, west of the Italian Peninsula. It's the second-largest island in the Mediterranean, following Sicily. It is a semi-autonomous region of Italy, known for its distinctive language, culture, history, and breathtaking landscapes including mountains, beaches, and the surrounding sea. The capital city of the island is Cagliari.

Wikidata

  1. Sardinia

    Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and an autonomous region of Italy. The nearest land masses are the island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Balearic Islands.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Sardinia

    an island of the Mediterranean, 170 m. long and 75 m. broad, the second largest, Sicily being larger, and to the S. of Corsica; is since 1859 part of the kingdom of Italy; it has a fruitful soil, and presents a diversified surface of hill and valley; the chief export is salt, and there are extensive fisheries; the capital is Cagliari, in the S.; it is rich in mineral resources, but the exploitation of these is in a backward state.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. sardinia

    A former kingdom in the south of Europe, composed of the island of Sardinia, Piedmont, Savoy, and the territories of Genoa and Nice. It takes its name from the island of Sardinia, and was, in 1860, merged in the new kingdom of Italy. From 1798 to 1814 the continental part of Sardinia formed a portion of the French empire. In 1848, Charles Albert, the reigning monarch, encouraged the inhabitants of the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, or Austrian Italy, in their attempts to throw off the Austrian yoke, and marched to their assistance, when they broke into open revolt. He gained many victories at first over the Austrians, but he was subsequently defeated by Radetzky, and resigned his crown to his son, Victor Emmanuel. In 1855 Sardinia took part with Britain and France against Russia. In 1859 a war broke out between Austria on the one hand, and France and Sardinia on the other, which resulted in the defeat of the Austrians and the annexation of Lombardy to the Sardinian crown.

Etymology and Origins

  1. Sardinia

    Called Sandaliotis by the Greeks on account of its resemblance to a human footprint; this name was changed by the Romans to Sardo. At a later period the island was called Sardonion, from a poisonous herb, transplanted from Sardis in Asia Minor, which brought about a twitching of the muscles of the face resembling laughter; hence the phrase to “Smile sardonically.”

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SARDINIA

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sardinia is ranked #146201 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Sardinia surname appeared 113 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Sardinia.

    78.7% or 89 total occurrences were White.
    9.7% or 11 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    6.1% or 7 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sardinia in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sardinia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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