Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Vatican en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • vǎt′ĭ-kən
  • /ˈvæ.tɪ.kən/ (UK, US)
  • (US) audio
  • vǎ′tĭ-kən

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Vātī̆cānus (“Vatican Hill”), further etymology unknown. The connection to vāticinārī (“to prophesy, oracle”) is folk-etymological.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Relating to the Vatican City state.
    • Unlike most other countries in the world, citizenship in Vatican City isn’t solely provided to people that are born in the country. As there are no hospitals in the Vatican State, virtually no one is born in there. Instead, Vatican citizenship is provided on a ‘jus officii’ basis. 2019 October 3, Ellen Curtin, “Everything You Wanted to Know about Vatican City”, in City Wonders, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2025:

Translations (26)

ast vaticanu (Relating to the Vatican City state) · gl vaticano (Relating to the Vatican City state) · fr vatican (Relating to the Vatican City state) · ga na Vatacáine (Relating to the Vatican City state) · rup vãticãnescu (Relating to the Vatican City state) · uk вати́канський (Relating to the Vatican City state) · ru ватика́нский (Relating to the Vatican City state) · nl Vaticaans (Relating to the Vatican City state) · sv vatikansk (Relating to the Vatican City state) · sw vatikani (Relating to the Vatican City state) · af Vatikaans (Relating to the Vatican City state) · nn vatikansk (Relating to the Vatican City state) · tl batikano (Relating to the Vatican City state) · pl watykański (Relating to the Vatican City state) · pt vaticano (Relating to the Vatican City state) · fi vatikaanilainen (Relating to the Vatican City state) · ro vatican (Relating to the Vatican City state) · es vaticano (Relating to the Vatican City state) · gur vatikan (Relating to the Vatican City state) · de vatikanisch (Relating to the Vatican City state) · ga Vatacánach (Relating to the Vatican City state) · ca vaticà (Relating to the Vatican City state) · nb vatikansk (Relating to the Vatican City state) · it vaticano (Relating to the Vatican City state) · mk ватика́нски (Relating to the Vatican City state) · rup vãticãneascã (Relating to the Vatican City state)

Vatican en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • vǎt′ĭ-kən
  • /ˈvæ.tɪ.kən/ (UK, US)
  • (US) audio
  • vǎ′tĭ-kən

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Vātī̆cānus (“Vatican Hill”), further etymology unknown. The connection to vāticinārī (“to prophesy, oracle”) is folk-etymological.

Meanings

  1. The official residence of the Pope within Vatican City, the Vatican or Apostolic Palace.
  2. (metonymically) The papal government; the papacy, the Holy See.
  3. A city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy.
    • Unlike most other countries in the world, citizenship in Vatican City isn’t solely provided to people that are born in the country. As there are no hospitals in the Vatican State, virtually no one is born in there. Instead, Vatican citizenship is provided on a ‘jus officii’ basis. 2019 October 3, Ellen Curtin, “Everything You Wanted to Know about Vatican City”, in City Wonders, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2025:
  4. The Vatican Hill in Rome, where the palace and Vatican City are located.
    • He [Caligula] began to build a circus upon the Vatican. 1856, The Art of Building in Ancient and Modern Times […], volume 1, page 75:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
the Vatican canonical lexicographic

Deriveds

Vaticanic · Vaticanize · Vatican City · Vaticanist · Vatileaks · Vaticanian · Vaticanism · Vaticanal · Vatican II · Vaticanology · Vatican roulette · Vaticanologist

Descendants

バチカン

Synonyms

Vatican City

Translations (84)

it Vaticano (state — see also Vatican City) · tg Вотикон (state — see also Vatican City) · mi Watikana (state — see also Vatican City) · co Vaticanu (state — see also Vatican City) · chr ᏪᏗᎧᏂ (state — see also Vatican City) · my ဗာတီကန် (state — see also Vatican City) · az Vatikan (state — see also Vatican City) · prs وَاتِیکَان (state — see also Vatican City) · et Vatikan (state — see also Vatican City) · sk Vatikán (state — see also Vatican City) · pl Watykan (state — see also Vatican City) · mnc ᠪᠣᡦᠣᡵᡳᠮᠰᡴᡳ (state — see also Vatican City) · fa-ira واتیکان (state — see also Vatican City) · nl Vaticaan (state — see also Vatican City) · ko 바띠까노 (state — see also Vatican City) · ur ویٹِیکَن (state — see also Vatican City) · nb Vatikanet (state — see also Vatican City) · tk Watikan (state — see also Vatican City) · nb Vatikanstaten (state — see also Vatican City) · ca Vaticà (state — see also Vatican City) · tl Batikano (state — see also Vatican City) · mr व्हॅटिकन (state — see also Vatican City) · be Ватыка́н (state — see also Vatican City) · uk Ватика́н (state — see also Vatican City) · sl Vatikan (state — see also Vatican City) · si වතිකානු (state — see also Vatican City) · af Vatikaanstad (state — see also Vatican City) · ar الْفَاتِيكَان (state — see also Vatican City) · am ቫቲካን (state — see also Vatican City) · id Vatikan (state — see also Vatican City) · ga An Vatacáin (state — see also Vatican City) · fr Vatican (state — see also Vatican City) · pt Vaticano (state — see also Vatican City) · ml വത്തിക്കാന് (state — see also Vatican City) · ka ვატიკანი (state — see also Vatican City) · sh Ва̏тика̄н (state — see also Vatican City) · ky Ватикан (state — see also Vatican City) · sh Vȁtikān (state — see also Vatican City) · mi Whatikana (state — see also Vatican City) · sq Vatikan (state — see also Vatican City) · lo ວາຕິກັນ (state — see also Vatican City) · el Βατικανό (state — see also Vatican City) · te వాటికన్ (state — see also Vatican City) · lv Vatikāns (state — see also Vatican City) · bn ভ্যাটিকান (state — see also Vatican City) · hu Vatikán (state — see also Vatican City) · da Vatikanet (state — see also Vatican City) · sv Vatikanstaten (state — see also Vatican City) · ko 바티칸 (state — see also Vatican City) · dv ވެޓިކަން (state — see also Vatican City) · gl Vaticano (state — see also Vatican City) · cmn 梵蒂岡 /梵蒂冈 (state — see also Vatican City) · ms Vatikan (state — see also Vatican City) · rup Vãtican (state — see also Vatican City) · ja バチカン (state — see also Vatican City) · gu વેટિકન (state — see also Vatican City) · ru Ватика́н (state — see also Vatican City) · de Vatikan (state — see also Vatican City) · hy Վատիկան (state — see also Vatican City) · bg Ватика́на (state — see also Vatican City) · cs Vatikán (state — see also Vatican City) · th วาติกัน (state — see also Vatican City) · fi Vatikaani (state — see also Vatican City) · af Vatikaan (state — see also Vatican City) · he הוַותִיקָן (state — see also Vatican City) · vi Va-ti-căng (state — see also Vatican City) · yi וואַטיקאַן (state — see also Vatican City) · kk Ватикан (state — see also Vatican City) · ro Vatican (state — see also Vatican City) · km វ៉ាទីកង់ (state — see also Vatican City) · mn Ватикан (state — see also Vatican City) · la Vātī̆cānus (state — see also Vatican City) · chr ᏩᏘᎧᏂ (state — see also Vatican City) · tr Vatikan (state — see also Vatican City) · es Vaticano (state — see also Vatican City) · eo Vatikano (state — see also Vatican City) · da Vatikanstaten (state — see also Vatican City) · hi वेटिकन (state — see also Vatican City) · lt Vatikanas (state — see also Vatican City) · lo ວາຕິກັງ (state — see also Vatican City) · ar الْفَاتِيكَان (state — see also Vatican City) · uz Vatikan (state — see also Vatican City) · gur Vatikan (state — see also Vatican City) · mk Ва́тикан (state — see also Vatican City)