Capri

Borrowed from Italian Capri.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæpɹi/, /kəˈpɹiː/, /ˈkɑːpɹi/
• enPR: kăʹprē, kə-prēʹ, käʹprē
• Rhymes: -i

Capri

1. An island in the Bay of Naples; part of Campania.
2. Wine produced on the island of Capri, commonly a light dry white wine.

• capri
• capri pants

• carpi, picra

Ultimately from Latin Capreae, said to be from either:

• Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌀 (capra)
• Ancient Greek κάπρος (kápros, “wild boar”), who populated the island
• Latin capreae (“goats”), a doublet of the Greek word, with the Romans calling it "Goat Island."

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.pri/
• Rhymes: -apri
• Hyphenation: Cà‧pri

Capri f

1. Capri (an island and town in the region of Campania, Italy)

• caprese

• Charnock, Richard Stephen (1859): Local Etymology: A Derivative Dictionary of Geographical Names
• Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006.

• Carpi, capir, carpi, carpì

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈka.priː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.pri]

Caprī

1. genitive singular of Caper