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Sar⋅din⋅i⋅a

[sahr-din-ee-uh, -din-yuh]
–noun
1. a large island in the Mediterranean, W of Italy: with small nearby islands it comprises a department of Italy. 1,571,499; 9301 sq. mi. (24,090 sq. km).
2. a former kingdom 1720–1860, including this island and Savoy, Piedmont, and Genoa (after 1815) in NW Italy: ruled by the House of Savoy. Capital: Turin.
Italian, Sar⋅de⋅gna [sahr-de-nyah] .
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Sar·din·i·a     (sär-dĭn'ē-ə, -dĭn'yə)  Pronunciation Key 
An island of Italy in the Mediterranean Sea south of Corsica. Settled by Phoenicians, Greeks, and Carthaginians before the sixth century B.C., the island was taken by Rome in 238 B.C. and later fell to the Vandals (fifth century A.D.) and the Byzantines (early sixth century). Numerous European powers controlled the island before 1720, when it passed to the House of Savoy and became the nucleus of the Kingdom of Sardinia. Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia became the first king of Italy in 1861.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Sardinia 
"large island adjacent to Corsica," from L., from Gk. Sardo. The oblique cases are sometimes Sardonos, etc., as if from *Sardon.

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sardinia

noun
1. the Italian region on the island of Sardinia; the kingdom of Sardinia was the nucleus for uniting Italy during the 19th century 
2. an island in the Mediterranean to the west of Italy 

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
Sardinia

Italian island in the Mediterranean Sea west of the mainland of Italy.

Note: The kingdom of Sardinia, which was founded in the early eighteenth century, became the nucleus of united Italy during the nineteenth century.

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Sardinia, OH (village, FIPS 70534)
Location: (39.008718, -83.804213)
Population (2000): 862 (362 housing units)
Area: 0.641455 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 45171

Sardinia, NY (town, FIPS 02965277)
Location: (42.556264, -78.531204)
Population (2000): 2,692 (1,017 housing units)
Area: 50.212888 sq mi (land), 0.167828 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 14134

Sardinia, SC (CCD, FIPS 02793055)
Location: (33.816398, -80.053044)
Population (2000): 3,043 (743 housing units)
Area: 70.837222 sq mi (land), 0.105427 sq mi (water)

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