Cincinnati
See also: cincinnati
English
Etymology
Named after the Society of the Cincinnati, which is named after Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus; see Latin Cincinnāti and Cincinnātus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɪnsɪˈnæti/, /sɪnsɪˈnætə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (US): (file)
Proper noun
Cincinnati
- The third largest city in Ohio, United States and the county seat of Hamilton County.
- 2019 December 31, AJ Willingham, “All the trends we loved and hated in the 2010s”, in CNN[1]:
- To be clear, there’s no reason to hate the actual Harambe. After the silverback gorilla was shot and killed at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2016, people used “RIP Harambe” to… comment on the irony of why we mourn animals but are quick to blame humans?
- A city in Appanoose County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Washington County, Arkansas.
- An unincorporated community in Center Township, Greene County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Parke County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Ralls County, Missouri.
- (historical) An unincorporated community in Polk County, Oregon; modern Eola.
- (historical) A settlement in El Dorado County, California.
- Any of five ships of the United States Navy.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
city in Ohio
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Noun
Cincinnati (plural Cincinnatis)
References
- Machlin, Evangeline (28 February 2006) Dialects for the Stage[2], New York City: Routledge, →ISBN, page 25
- Webster, Noah, Walker, John, Allen Goodrich, Chauncey (1852) “A Geographical Vocabulary”, in A dictionary of the English language; exhibiting the origin, orthography, pronunciation, & definitions of words; to which are added, a synopsis of words differently pronounced by different orthoëpists, and Walker's key to the classical pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture proper names; with the addition of a vocabulary of modern geographical names, with their pronunciation[3], London, page 97
Latin
Adjective
Cincinnātī
- genitive masculine singular of Cincinnātus
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /sĩ.siˈna.t͡ʃi/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sĩ.siˈna.ti/
Proper noun
Cincinnati f
- Cincinnati (a city in Ohio, United States)