Alsácia

See also: Alsacia, alsacià, and Alsàcia

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Alsatia, from Old High German ali sazzo (“inhabitant of the other”) (referring to the opposite bank of the Rhine), from Proto-Germanic *aljaz (“other”) + *sitjaną (“inhabitant”, literally “sitter”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈsa.si.ɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈsa.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /awˈsa.sjɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈsa.sjɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈsa.si.a/ [aʊ̯ˈsa.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /awˈsa.sja/ [aʊ̯ˈsa.sja]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /alˈsa.sjɐ/ [aɫˈsa.sjɐ]

  • Hyphenation: Al‧sá‧ci‧a

Proper noun

Alsácia f

  1. Alsace (a cultural region, former administrative region and historical province of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est)

Derived terms

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