Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in May. 2011
Depending on the context in which it is used, the word Corsican will refer different questions.
To natural person or from the French island of Corsica it is called Corsican. Corsica is the fourth largest island that exists in Sea Mediterranean, is located south of the Coast Blue and north of the Italian island of Sardinia. Among the most prominent Corsicans stands out the French conqueror Napoleon Bonaparte.
On the other hand, it was called ancient Corsicans to an old town pre-Roman who inhabited the current islands of Sardinia and Corsica.
Corsican is also called language used by the Corsicans. Corsican is made up of a set of Tuscan dialects divided into two dialectical groups: the cismontamo and the oltramontano. Although it is spoken in Corsica and in much of the region Italian from Tuscany, the Corsican language is only official of the island of Corsica.
Moreover, between the centuries XVI and XVIII, where he observed his greatest apogee, the Corsican or also called corsair
he was a navigator whom the government from his country granted him a letter of marque, that is, a permit, which authorized him both to capture as to loot the vessels considered as enemies of the government of their country.In simpler words, the privateer was a pirate legalized by the state to which he belonged or recognized him. Meanwhile, the main difference they presented with respect pirates is that the latter did not depend on anyone or have to account for the spoils captured and could capture any vessel, on the other hand, the privateers were more limited in their homework, since he had to share the loot with the government that authorized him to act and could only attack certain vessels.
And in the Argentina and Uruguay, Corsican is called parade that is organized during the celebration Of the carnival. In the corso, the different carnival companies parade their costumes and floats.
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