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Butera
Butera (Sicilian: ''Vutera'') is an Italian town and a ''comune'' in the province of Caltanissetta, in the southern part of the island of Sicily. It is bounded by the ''comuni'' of Gela, Licata, Mazzarino, Ravanusa and Riesi. It has a population of 4,932 (2011)〔 and is from Caltanissetta, the province's capital.
==Etymology==
The etymology of the name ''Butera'' is debated.
One hypothesis is that the name is of Arabic origin. Butera was called ''Butirah'' by the Arabs, which means "steep place". The Arabic demonym ''al-Buthayri'' was used to refer to a person from Butera (Arabic: ''Buthayr'').
Another would suggest that the name "Butera" is of Greek origin, and several contemporary scholars tend to reject the Arabic theory of Butera's etymology. This is upheld by Giovan Battista Pellegrini, who claims that "The Arabic form for Butera, always with the interdental, should be an indication of a Greek etymon with / d / (the etymological assumptions from Arabic do not satisfy)".〔p. 456, G. B. Pellegrini, ''Saggi di Linguistica italiana: Storia Struttura società'' (1975), Boringhieri ()〕 Upholders of a Greek origin for the Butera have suggested that the word may come from ''bothèr'' (shepherd),〔Centro di studi filologici e linguistici siciliani, “Bollettino” n. 1-2, p.96, 1953, taken from ()〕 ''boutherès'' (country which permits for summer pasture),〔(p.140, Sicolorum Gymnasium, 1986, taken from )〕 ''boutyros'' (butter merchant) or ''bouteron'' (butter).〔 B. Pace himself has asserted that the term, aside from ''boutherès'', may derive also from the Graeco-Byzantine word ''patela'' (plain), which refers Butera’s location.〔From B. Pace’s ''Toponimi Bizantini'', p. 414-415, as found in p.213 note 141, F. Maurici's ''Castelli medievali in Sicilia: Dai Bizantini ai Normanni'', Sellerio, Palermo, 1992, as found in ()〕
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