Vatican

形容词 adj. 专有名词
中文释义
英 /ˈvæ.tɪ.kən/    美 /ˈvæ.tɪ.kən/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Relating to the Vatican City state. not-comparable
    — Unlike most other countries in the world, citizenship in Vatican City isn’t solely provided to people that are born in the country. As there are no hospitals in the Vatican State, virtually no one is born in there. Instead, Vatican citizenship is provided on a ‘jus officii’ basis.
专有名词
  1. The official residence of the Pope within Vatican City, the Vatican or Apostolic Palace.
  2. The papal government; the papacy, the Holy See. metonymically
  3. A city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy.
    — Unlike most other countries in the world, citizenship in Vatican City isn’t solely provided to people that are born in the country. As there are no hospitals in the Vatican State, virtually no one is born in there. Instead, Vatican citizenship is provided on a ‘jus officii’ basis.
  4. The Vatican Hill in Rome, where the palace and Vatican City are located.
    — He [Caligula] began to build a circus upon the Vatican.

词形变化

the Vatican canonical

词源

词源 1
Learned borrowing from Latin Vātī̆cānus (“Vatican Hill”), further etymology unknown. The connection to vāticinārī (“to prophesy, oracle”) is folk-etymological.
词源 2
Learned borrowing from Latin Vātī̆cānus (“Vatican Hill”), further etymology unknown. The connection to vāticinārī (“to prophesy, oracle”) is folk-etymological.
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