Catanian

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Catania +‎ -an.

Adjective[edit]

Catanian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the city of Catania, Italy.
    • 2016 July 24, Mark Townsend, “Is Cosa Nostra now selling deadly assault weapons to Islamist terrorist groups?”, in The Guardian[1]:
      Cosa Nostra members paid £33,000 for 160 deactivated weapons that experts could make lethal in moments. Last month a Catanian couple were arrested over the haul. They belong to the “Ceusi” mafia clan, a family tied to Catania’s dominant Santopaula clan.

Noun[edit]

Catanian (plural Catanians)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Catania, Italy.