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===Etymology=== |
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Widespread use dates back to the late 15<sup>th</sup> century, from earlier {{m|it|Matrice}}, |
Widespread use dates back to the late 15<sup>th</sup> century, from earlier {{m|it|Matrice}}, likely through a {{rebracketing|it|[[la]] [[Matrice]]|nocap=1}}. |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
Revision as of 16:38, 23 June 2023
See also: amatrice
Italian
Etymology
Widespread use dates back to the late 15th century, from earlier Matrice, likely through a rebracketing of la Matrice.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amatrice f
- A small town in Rieti, Lazio
- 1550, Leandro Alberti, “Abruzzo - duodecima regione [Abruzzo - twelfth region]”, in Descrittione di tutta Italia [Description of all of Italy][1], Venice: Pietro dei Nicolini da Sabbio, published 1551, page 219:
- Poscia dalla Valle Castellana […] si arriva al nobile castello Amatrice posto sotto la fontana del Tronto
- Afterwards, from Valle Castellana, one arrives to the noble borough of Amatrice, located below the source of the Tronto