# Catania

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #32,724

## Definitions
1. A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy.
2. A metropolitan city of Sicily, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Catania.
3. A former province of Sicily.
4. A habitational surname from Italian.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Catania.

## Easily confused with
- **catnip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/catania-vs-catnip)
- **cabana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cabana-vs-catania)
- **Catalina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/catalina-vs-catania)
- **Catalonia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/catalonia-vs-catania)

## Common misspellings (9)
`actania`, `caatnia`, `cataina`, `catanai`, `catannia`, `catnaia`, `cattania`, `ccatania`, `ctaania`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/catania