# Sardinia
## English
### Etymology

Borrowing from Latin Sardinia and Ancient Greek Σαρδώ (Sardṓ), which in turn derive from a pre-Roman substrate language, *sard, *shard. It is connected by some scholars to the name of the Sherden or Shardana, an ethnic group amongst the Sea Peoples. A Phoenician inscription found in Nora and dated to the 9th century B.C.E. identifies the island as Shardan.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /sɑɹˈdɪniə/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /sɑːˈdɪnɪə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Hyphenation: Sar‧din‧ia

### Proper noun

Sardinia
* An island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea.
* A town in New York.
* A village in Washington Township, Brown County and Clay Township, Highland County, Ohio.
* An unincorporated community in Indiana.

#### Meronyms

* Cagliari
* Nuoro
* Oristano
* Sassari
* South Sardinia

#### Derived terms

* Kingdom of Sardinia

#### Related terms

* Sardinian
* sardine

#### Translations
### See also

* Abruzzo
* Apulia
* Basilicata
* Calabria
* Campania
* Emilia-Romagna
* Friuli-Venezia Giulia
* Lazio
* Liguria
* Lombardy
* Marche
* Molise
* Piedmont
* Sardinia
* Sicily
* Trentino-Alto Adige
* Tuscany
* Umbria
* Valle d'Aosta
* Veneto

### References

* ↑ The Cambridge Ancient History →ISBN, page 369: "In the earliest Phoenician inscription found in Sardinia, that from Nora, probably of the ninth century B.C., although it is incomplete, the name of the island appears as Shardan (be-shardan), [...]"

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Latin Sardinia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɑrdiniɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝rdiˌniɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -iɑ
* Hyphenation: Sar‧di‧nia

### Proper noun

Sardinia
* Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Sardinia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Sardiniani
accusative
nom.
Sardiniani
gen.
Sardiniani
genitive
Sardiniani
partitive
Sardiniaani
inessive
Sardiniassani
elative
Sardiniastani
illative
Sardiniaani
adessive
Sardiniallani
ablative
Sardinialtani
allative
Sardinialleni
essive
Sardinianani
translative
Sardiniakseni
abessive
Sardiniattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Sardiniasi
accusative
nom.
Sardiniasi
gen.
Sardiniasi
genitive
Sardiniasi
partitive
Sardiniaasi
inessive
Sardiniassasi
elative
Sardiniastasi
illative
Sardiniaasi
adessive
Sardiniallasi
ablative
Sardinialtasi
allative
Sardiniallesi
essive
Sardinianasi
translative
Sardiniaksesi
abessive
Sardiniattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Sardiniamme
accusative
nom.
Sardiniamme
gen.
Sardiniamme
genitive
Sardiniamme
partitive
Sardiniaamme
inessive
Sardiniassamme
elative
Sardiniastamme
illative
Sardiniaamme
adessive
Sardiniallamme
ablative
Sardinialtamme
allative
Sardiniallemme
essive
Sardinianamme
translative
Sardiniaksemme
abessive
Sardiniattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Sardinianne
accusative
nom.
Sardinianne
gen.
Sardinianne
genitive
Sardinianne
partitive
Sardiniaanne
inessive
Sardiniassanne
elative
Sardiniastanne
illative
Sardiniaanne
adessive
Sardiniallanne
ablative
Sardinialtanne
allative
Sardiniallenne
essive
Sardiniananne
translative
Sardiniaksenne
abessive
Sardiniattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Sardiniansa
accusative
nom.
Sardiniansa
gen.
Sardiniansa
genitive
Sardiniansa
partitive
Sardiniaansa
inessive
Sardiniassaan Sardiniassansa
elative
Sardiniastaan Sardiniastansa
illative
Sardiniaansa
adessive
Sardiniallaan Sardiniallansa
ablative
Sardinialtaan Sardinialtansa
allative
Sardinialleen Sardiniallensa
essive
Sardinianaan Sardinianansa
translative
Sardiniakseen Sardiniaksensa
abessive
Sardiniattaan Sardiniattansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* sardinialainen
* sardiniankerttu
* sardinianmufloni

## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σαρδώ (Sardṓ).

### Proper noun

Sardinia f sg (genitive Sardiniae); first declension
* Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)

#### Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

#### Related terms

* Sardī
* Sardiniānus
* Sardiniensis
* Sardonius
* Sardōus
* Sardus

#### Descendants

* Catalan: Sardenya
* Italian: Sardegna, Sardigna (archaic; e.g. Dante)
** → French: Sardaigne
** → Sardinian: Sardigna
* Spanish: Cerdeña
* Portuguese: Sardenha
* → English: Sardinia
* → German: Sardinien
* → Greek: Σαρδηνία (Sardinía)
* → Polish: Sardynia
* → Romanian: Sardinia
* → Russian: Сарди́ния (Sardínija)

### References

* “Sardinia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Sardinia
* Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)

#### Related terms

* sardinier
* sardinsk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Sardinia
* Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)

#### Related terms

* sardiniar
* sardinsk

## Romanian
### Proper noun

Sardinia f
* Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)

#### Declension
### References

* Sardinia in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)