Vatican City
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Vatican City
- /ˈvæ.tɪ.kən ˈsɪt.i/ US, UK
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A calque of Italian Città del Vaticano, from Latin Cīvitās Vāticāna (“Vatican City”), referring to the Vatican hill, whose further etymology is unknown.
proper noun Vatican City · the Vatican City
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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,
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name state — see also Vatican
| Español | el Vaticano, Ciudad del Vaticano |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 바티칸 Batikan, 바티칸 시국 Batikan siguk |
| 日本語 | バチカン Bachikan, バチカン市国 Bachikan Shikoku, 法王庁 Hōōchō |
| 中文 | 梵蒂岡 /梵蒂冈 Fàndìgāng, 梵蒂岡城國 /梵蒂冈城国 Fàndìgāng chéngguó, 梵蒂岡城 /梵蒂冈城 Fàndìgāng chéng |
| हिन्दी | वेटिकन सिटी veṭikan siṭī, वेटिकन veṭikan |
| Kiswahili | Vatikani |
| Português | Cidade do Vaticano, Vaticano |
| Français | Vatican, Cité du Vatican |
| Deutsch | Vatikanstadt, Vatikan |
| Italiano | Città del Vaticano |
| Ελληνικά | Βατικανό Vatikanó |
| Română | Vatican, Sfântul Scaun, Statul Cetății Vaticanului |
| Русский | Ватика́н Vatikán |
| Tiếng Việt | Thành Va-ti-căng, Va-ti-căng, Thành Quốc Vatican, Thành Vatican |
| العربية | الْفَاتِيكَان f or مَدِينَةُ الْفَاتِيكَان al-fatikān |
| עברית | קִרְיַת הָוָתִיקָן kiryát ha-vatikán, הָוָתִיקָן ha-vatikán |
Talk about this word "Vatican City." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/vatican%20city. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Vatican City. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/vatican%20city "Vatican City." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/vatican%20city.Cite this
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title = {Vatican City},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vatican%20city},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
