Alsacia
Galician
Proper noun
Alsacia ?
- Alsace (a cultural region, former administrative region and historical province of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est)
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin Alsatia, from Old High German ali sazzo (“inhabitant of the other”) (referring to the opposite bank of the Rhine), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas (“other”) + *sittjan (“inhabitant”, literally “sitter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈsaθja/ [alˈsa.θja] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /alˈsasja/ [alˈsa.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aθja (Spain)
- Rhymes: -asja (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: Al‧sa‧cia
Proper noun
Alsacia f
- Alsace (a cultural region, former administrative region and historical province of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est)