Vatican City

专有名词
中文释义
英 /ˈvæ.tɪ.kən ˈsɪt.i/    美 /ˈvæ.tɪ.kən ˈsɪt.i/

英文释义

专有名词
  1. A city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. Official name: Vatican City State.
    — “The new State, which will be known as the Vatican City, has a tiny territory,” the Pope [Pius XI] said, “but it is the greatest in the world because it contains Bernig’s^([sic]) colonnades, Michelangelo’s dome, treasures of art in the Vatican library, museums and galleries, and because, above all, it contains the tomb of the Prince of the Apostles. No more precious territory exists.”

词形变化

Vatican City canonical the Vatican City canonical

词源

A calque of Italian Città del Vaticano, from Latin Cīvitās Vāticāna (“Vatican City”), referring to the Vatican hill, whose further etymology is unknown.
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