Corsican may refer to: Someone or something from Corsica Corsicans, inhabitants of Corsica Corsican language, a Romance language spoken on Corsica and...
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Corsican (corsu, pronounced [ˈkorsu], or lingua corsa, pronounced [ˈliŋɡwa ˈɡorsa]) is a Romance language consisting of the continuum of the Tuscan Italo-Dalmatian...
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The Corsicans (Corsican, Italian: Corsi; French: Corses) are a Romance-speaking ethnic group, native to the Mediterranean island of Corsica, a territorial...
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The Corsican mafia is a collective of criminal groups originating from Corsica. The Corsican mafia is tied to both the French underworld and the Italian...
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Corsica (category Articles containing Corsican-language text)
Corsica (/ˈkɔːrsɪkə/ KOR-sik-ə; Corsican: [ˈkorsiɡa, ˈkɔrsika]; Italian: Corsica; French: Corse [kɔʁs] ) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one...
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The Corsican Brothers (French: Les Frères corses) is a novella by Alexandre Dumas, first published in 1844. It is the story of two conjoined brothers who...
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Corsican nationalism is the concept of a cohesive nation of Corsica and a national identity of its people. The Corsican autonomy movement stems from Corsican...
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The Corsican conflict (Corsican: Conflittu Corsu; French: Conflit Corse) is an armed and political conflict on the island of Corsica which began in 1976...
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The Corsican File (French: L'Enquête Corse, lit. 'The Corsican investigation') is a 2004 French comedy film directed by Alain Berbérian. It is based on...
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Pinus nigra (redirect from Corsican pine)
corsicana (syn. Pinus nigra subsp. laricio, Pinus nigra var. maritima) (Corsican pine): Corsica, Sicily, Southern Italy. P. nigra subsp. laricio Koekelare...
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The Corsican nuthatch (Sitta whiteheadi) is a species of bird in the nuthatch family Sittidae. It is a relatively small nuthatch, measuring about 12 cm...
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The Corsican Republic (Italian: Repubblica Corsa) was a short-lived state on the island of Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea. It was proclaimed in July...
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The first Corsican Constitution was drawn up in 1755 for the short-lived Corsican Republic independent from Genoa beginning in 1755, and remained in force...
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This is an incomplete list of notable people from Corsica or of Corsican descent. Alizée (born 1984), singer Patrick Fiori (born 1969), singer Michel Giacometti...
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The Corsican wildcat is an isolated cat population of uncertain taxonomic status that has been variously regarded as a separate species of its own (as...
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Mentha requienii (redirect from Corsican Mint)
Mentha requienii, or Corsican mint, is an herb and species of mint, native to Corsica, Sardinia, and Montecristo Island, and naturalized in Portugal and...
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Corsican autonomy is the idea and movement supporting the status of an autonomous region for the island of Corsica within the French Republic. Most supporters...
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The Anglo-Corsican Kingdom (Italian: Regno Anglo-Corso; Corsican: Riame anglo-corsu or Riamu anglu-corsu), also known officially as the Kingdom of Corsica...
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The Corsican Guard (Italian and Corsican: Guardia Corsa) was a military unit of the Papal States composed exclusively of Corsican mercenaries on duty...
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The Paleo-Corsican language is an extinct language (or perhaps set of languages) spoken in Corsica and presumably in the northeastern part of Sardinia...
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The Corsican goat (also known as Corse) breed from the French island of Corsica is used primarily for the production of milk. The origin of the indigenous...
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Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers is an American film released in 1984, the sixth feature-length film starring the comedy duo Cheech & Chong. Cheech...
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Italian irredentism in Corsica (redirect from Corsican Italians)
Napoleon Bonaparte in the capital city of Ajaccio. Under France, the use of Corsican (a regional language closely related to Italian) has gradually declined...
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Music of Corsica (redirect from Corsican music)
choral tradition. The rebirth of this genre was linked with the rise of Corsican nationalism in the 1970s. The anthem of Corsica is "Dio vi Salvi Regina"...
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Corsican Americans (Corsican: Americani corsi) are Americans of fully or partial Corsican descent. René Auberjonois John Bernard Charles J. Bonaparte...
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Asoriculus (redirect from Corsican giant shrew)
Asoriculus is an extinct genus of terrestrial shrews in the subfamily Soricinae (red-toothed shrews) and tribe Nectogalini, native to Europe (including...
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The Corsican Assembly or Assembly of Corsica (Corsican: Assemblea di Corsica; French: Assemblée de Corse) is the unicameral legislative body of the territorial...
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AC Ajaccio (category Articles containing Corsican-language text)
Athletic Club Ajaccien (Corsican: Athletic Club Aiaccini), commonly referred to as AC Ajaccio, ACA or simply Ajaccio, is a French professional football...
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century dealt a crippling blow to the Corsican wine industry, and was followed by a period of mass depopulation as Corsicans emigrated to other countries. The...
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The Corsican Dog (chien corse) or Cursinu, is a breed of dog originating from Corsica. It has existed on the island since the 16th century, but went into...
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