# Corsica
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Corsica, from Ancient Greek Κορσική (Korsikḗ).

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈkɔɹsɪkə/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkɔːsɪkə/

### Proper noun

Corsica
* An island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia.

#### Derived terms

* Corsican

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Caricos, crocias, scoriac

## Corsican
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Corsica (from Ancient Greek Κορσίς (Korsís)).

### Pronunciation

* (Upper Corsica) IPA: /ˈkorsiɡa/
* (Southern Corsica) IPA: /ˈkɔrsiɡa/, /ˈkɔrsika/

### Proper noun

Corsica f
* Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)

#### Related terms

* corsu

## Dutch
### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Corsica, from Ancient Greek Κορσική (Korsikḗ). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔr.si.kaː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Cor‧si‧ca

### Proper noun

Corsica n
* Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)

#### Derived terms

* Corsicaan

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin Corsica, from Ancient Greek Κορσική (Korsikḗ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔr.si.ka/
* Rhymes: -ɔrsika
* Hyphenation: Còr‧si‧ca

### Proper noun

Corsica f
* Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)

#### Related terms

* corsesca
* corso

### Anagrams

* accorsi, carsico, ricasco, ricascò, scarico, scaricò, scorcia

## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κορσική (Korsikḗ), mentioned in Homer's Odyssey.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkor.si.ka/, [ˈkɔrs̠ɪkä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈkor.si.ka/, [ˈkɔrsikä]

### Proper noun

Corsica f sg (genitive Corsicae); first declension
* Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)

#### Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

#### Related terms

* Corsicānus
* Corsicus
* Corsus

#### Descendants

* Catalan: Còrsega
* Corsican: Corsica
* French: Corse
* Italian: Corsica
* Portuguese: Córsega
* Spanish: Córcega
* → English: Corsica
* → Irish: An Chorsaic
* → Manx: Yn Chorsickey
* → Welsh: Corsica

### References

* “Corsica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* Corsica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Geographiae Libri VIII: Librum tertium continens, Volume 3

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Corsica
* Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia); form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by Korsika

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Corsica
* Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia); (pre-2005) alternative form of Korsika

## Welsh
### Proper noun

Corsica
* Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)

#### Derived terms

* Corseg (“Corsican (language)”)
* Corsicaidd (“Corsican”, adjective)
* Corsiciad (“Corsican”, noun)
* crafanc-yr-arth Corsica (“Corsican hellebore”)
* delor cnau Corsica (“Corsican nuthatch”)
* grug Corsica (“Corsican heath”)
* mintys Corsica (“Corsican mint”)
* pinwydd Corsica (“Corsican pines”)
* rhwyddlwyn Corsica (“Corsican speedwell”)
* serin Corsica (“Corsican citril finch”)
* trwyn-y-llo-dail-eiddew Corsica (“Corsican toadflax”)