Cannizzaro

Italian

Etymology

From Sicilian Cannizzaru, from Sicilian cannizzaru (“related to somewhere or someone related to reeds or wattle”), from cannizzu (“wattle”), from canna.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kan.nitˈt͡sa.ro/
  • Rhymes: -aro
  • Hyphenation: Can‧niz‧zà‧ro

Proper noun

Cannizzaro f

  1. A small town in Catania, Sicily, Aci Castello

Proper noun

Cannizzaro m or f by sense

  1. a surname
    Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826–1910), Italian chemist noted for the Cannizzaro reaction

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