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Capo Passero

Capo Passero

8.7
A cape at the south-east corner of Sicily, Italy
  • proper noun
translation icon : Capo Passero
  • The lighthouse at Capo Passero is an important navigational landmark for sailors approaching Sicily.

Examples

  • The waters near Capo Passero are popular with divers due to their rich marine life and underwater caves.

  • Many migratory birds rest at Capo Passero during their seasonal journeys across the Mediterranean.

  • We visited Capo Passero during our trip to Sicily.

  • Have you ever been to Capo Passero?

  • Many migratory birds rest at Capo Passero during their seasonal journeys across the Mediterranean.

  • The lighthouse at Capo Passero is an important navigational landmark for sailors approaching Sicily.

  • The waters near Capo Passero are popular with divers due to their rich marine life and underwater caves.

Synonyms

Cape Passero
vsCapo Passero
7.5

A cape that forms the southeastern corner of the island of Sicily, Italy

has identical meaning but is a different name form
Passero Cape
vsCapo Passero
8.4

A cape at the southeastern tip of Sicily

has identical meaning but differs in word order

Surface Forms

Capo Passero main

Morphology

Capo + Passero

This is an Italian place name (toponym) whose components are not English lexical items in the provided dictionary entries, so a B1 English learner who 'knows the constituent words' in English would not be able to derive the geographic meaning. Even if a learner recognized Italian roots (e.g. capo = head/cape, passero = sparrow), the specific referent—a named cape marking Sicily's southeastern corner—is a language- and culture-specific proper noun and not predictably compositional.

Etymology

Capo Passero may come from the Italian words Capo and Passero, where Capo means 'cape' and Passero means 'sparrow'. One simple picture is a rocky cape where many small birds rested, so the name stuck and today it refers to the cape on the southeast corner of Sicily.