Ortona

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Ortona.

Proper noun

Ortona f

1. A town in Chieti, Abruzzo

Derived terms

• ortonese

Anagrams

• Notaro, onrato, ornato, rotano

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /orˈtoː.na/, [ɔrˈt̪oːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /orˈto.na/, [orˈt̪ɔːnä]

Proper noun

Ortōna f sg (genitive Ortōnae); first declension

1. A city in Latium, situated near the borders with the territory of the Aequi
2. A town of the Frentani situated on the Adriatic coast, now Ortona

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ortōna
Genitive	Ortōnae
Dative	Ortōnae
Accusative	Ortōnam
Ablative	Ortōnā
Vocative	Ortōna
Locative	Ortōnae

References

• “Ortona”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ortona”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Ortona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.