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Name Palermo
Type Settlement
Usage Italian, English, Dutch, Esperanto, Georgian, German, Greek, Maltese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish
Scripts პალერმო(Georgian) Παλέρμο(Greek) Палермо(Russian)
Pronounced Pron. pa-LEHR-mo(Italian, Dutch) pə-LEHR-mo(English) pə-LUR-mo(English) pa-LEHR-moo(Portuguese) pu-LYEHR-mə(Russian)
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Meaning & History
From Latin Panormus, itself from Ancient Greek Πάνορμος (Pánormos), composed of the words πᾰν (pan, "all") and ὅρμος (hórmos, "port"), influenced by Arabic بَلَرْم (balarm). This is the name of the capital city of SICILY, in southern Italy.