Vatican

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• UK, US: /ˈvæ.tɪ.kən/
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• vǎ′tĭ-kən
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• vǎt′ĭ-kən
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• CMU ARPABET: V AE1 T IH0 K AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Learned borrowing from Latin Vātī̆cānus (“Vatican Hill”), further etymology unknown. The connection to vāticinārī (“to prophesy, oracle”) is folk-etymological.

109 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: Vatikaans — Relating to the Vatican City state
• Aromanian: vãticãnescu — Relating to the Vatican City state
• Aromanian: vãticãneascã — Relating to the Vatican City state
• Asturian: vaticanu — Relating to the Vatican City state
• Catalan: vaticà — Relating to the Vatican City state
• Dutch: Vaticaans — Relating to the Vatican City state
• Farefare: vatikan — Relating to the Vatican City state
• French: vatican — Relating to the Vatican City state
• Galician: vaticano — Relating to the Vatican City state
• German: vatikanisch — Relating to the Vatican City state
• Irish: Vatacánach — Relating to the Vatican City state
• Irish: na Vatacáine — Relating to the Vatican City state
• Italian: vaticano — Relating to the Vatican City state
• Macedonian: ватика́нски (vatikánski) — Relating to the Vatican City state
• Norwegian Bokmål: vatikansk — Relating to the Vatican City state
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vatikansk — Relating to the Vatican City state
• Polish: watykański — Relating to the Vatican City state
• Portuguese: vaticano — Relating to the Vatican City state
• Romanian: vatican — Relating to the Vatican City state
• Russian: ватика́нский (vatikánskij) — Relating to the Vatican City state
• Spanish: vaticano — Relating to the Vatican City state
• Swahili: vatikani — Relating to the Vatican City state
• Swedish: vatikansk — Relating to the Vatican City state
• Tagalog: batikano — Relating to the Vatican City state
• Ukrainian: вати́канський (vatýkansʹkyj) — Relating to the Vatican City state
• Afrikaans: Vatikaanstad — state — see also Vatican City
• Afrikaans: Vatikaan — state — see also Vatican City
• Albanian: Vatikan — state — see also Vatican City
• Amharic: ቫቲካን (vatikan) — state — see also Vatican City
• Arabic: الْفَاتِيكَان (al-fatikān) — state — see also Vatican City
• Arabic: الْفَاتِيكَان (al-vatikān) — state — see also Vatican City
• Armenian: Վատիկան (Vatikan) — state — see also Vatican City
• Aromanian: Vãtican — state — see also Vatican City
• Azerbaijani: Vatikan — state — see also Vatican City
• Belarusian: Ватыка́н (Vatykán) — state — see also Vatican City
• Bengali: ভ্যাটিকান (bhêṭikan) — state — see also Vatican City
• Bulgarian: Ватика́на (Vatikána) — state — see also Vatican City
• Burmese: ဗာတီကန် (batikan) — state — see also Vatican City
• Catalan: Vaticà — state — see also Vatican City
• Cherokee: ᏪᏗᎧᏂ (wedikani) — state — see also Vatican City
• Cherokee: ᏩᏘᎧᏂ (watikani) — state — see also Vatican City
• Chinese Mandarin: 梵蒂岡 /梵蒂冈 (Fàndìgāng) — state — see also Vatican City
• Corsican: Vaticanu — state — see also Vatican City
• Czech: Vatikán — state — see also Vatican City
• Danish: Vatikanet — state — see also Vatican City
• Danish: Vatikanstaten — state — see also Vatican City
• Dhivehi: ވެޓިކަން (veṭikan̊) — state — see also Vatican City
• Dutch: Vaticaan — state — see also Vatican City
• Esperanto: Vatikano — state — see also Vatican City
• Estonian: Vatikan — state — see also Vatican City
• Farefare: Vatikan — state — see also Vatican City
• Finnish: Vatikaani — state — see also Vatican City
• French: Vatican — state — see also Vatican City
• Galician: Vaticano — state — see also Vatican City
• Georgian: ვატიკანი (vaṭiḳani) — state — see also Vatican City
• German: Vatikan — state — see also Vatican City
• Greek: Βατικανό (Vatikanó) — state — see also Vatican City
• Gujarati: વેટિકન (veṭikan) — state — see also Vatican City
• Hebrew: הוַותִיקָן (vatikán) — state — see also Vatican City
• Hindi: वेटिकन (veṭikan) — state — see also Vatican City
• Hungarian: Vatikán — state — see also Vatican City
• Indonesian: Vatikan — state — see also Vatican City
• Irish: An Vatacáin — state — see also Vatican City
• Italian: Vaticano — state — see also Vatican City
• Japanese: バチカン (Bachikan) — state — see also Vatican City
• Kazakh: Ватикан (Vatikan) — state — see also Vatican City
• Khmer: វ៉ាទីកង់ (vaatiikɑng) — state — see also Vatican City
• Korean: 바티칸 (Batikan) — state — see also Vatican City
• Korean: 바띠까노 (Battikkano) — state — see also Vatican City
• Kyrgyz: Ватикан (Vatikan) — state — see also Vatican City
• Lao: ວາຕິກັນ (wā ti kan) — state — see also Vatican City
• Lao: ວາຕິກັງ (wā ti kang) — state — see also Vatican City
• Latin: Vātī̆cānus — state — see also Vatican City
• Latvian: Vatikāns — state — see also Vatican City
• Lithuanian: Vatikanas — state — see also Vatican City
• Macedonian: Ва́тикан (Vátikan) — state — see also Vatican City
• Malay: Vatikan — state — see also Vatican City
• Malayalam: വത്തിക്കാന് (vattikkāṉ) — state — see also Vatican City
• Manchu: ᠪᠣᡦᠣᡵᡳᠮᠰᡴᡳ (boporimski) — state — see also Vatican City
• Māori: Watikana — state — see also Vatican City
• Māori: Whatikana — state — see also Vatican City
• Marathi: व्हॅटिकन (vhĕṭikan) — state — see also Vatican City
• Mongolian: Ватикан (Vatikan) — state — see also Vatican City
• Norwegian Bokmål: Vatikanet — state — see also Vatican City
• Norwegian Bokmål: Vatikanstaten — state — see also Vatican City
• Dari: وَاتِیکَان (wātīkān) — state — see also Vatican City
• Iranian Persian: واتیکان (vâtikân) — state — see also Vatican City
• Polish: Watykan — state — see also Vatican City
• Portuguese: Vaticano — state — see also Vatican City
• Romanian: Vatican — state — see also Vatican City
• Russian: Ватика́н (Vatikán) — state — see also Vatican City
• Serbo-Croatian: Ва̏тика̄н — state — see also Vatican City
• Serbo-Croatian: Vȁtikān — state — see also Vatican City
• Sinhalese: වතිකානු (watikānu) — state — see also Vatican City
• Slovak: Vatikán — state — see also Vatican City
• Slovene: Vatikan — state — see also Vatican City
• Spanish: Vaticano — state — see also Vatican City
• Swedish: Vatikan — state — see also Vatican City
• Tagalog: Batikano — state — see also Vatican City
• Tajik: Вотикон (Votikon) — state — see also Vatican City
• Telugu: వాటికన్ (vāṭikan) — state — see also Vatican City
• Thai: วาติกัน (waa-dtì-gan) — state — see also Vatican City
• Turkish: Vatikan — state — see also Vatican City
• Turkmen: Watikan — state — see also Vatican City
• Ukrainian: Ватика́н (Vatykán) — state — see also Vatican City
• Urdu: ویٹِیکَن (veṭīkan) — state — see also Vatican City
• Uzbek: Vatikan — state — see also Vatican City
• Vietnamese: Va-ti-căng — state — see also Vatican City
• Yiddish: וואַטיקאַן (vatikan) — state — see also Vatican City