Antigua

English

Etymology

From Spanish antigua, in honor of a religious icon of St Mary (La Virgen de la Antigua) in Seville. Coined by Italian explorer Christopher Columbus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ænˈtiːɡ(w)ə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Hyphenation: An‧tigua
  • Rhymes: -iːɡə

Proper noun

Antigua

  1. The largest island of the nation of Antigua and Barbuda, in the Caribbean. [from late 16th c.][1]

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Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /antiɡwa/, [ãn̪.t̪i.ɣ̞wa]

Proper noun

Antigua inan

  1. Antigua

Declension

Declension of Antigua (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite
absolutive Antigua
ergative Antiguak
dative Antiguari
genitive Antiguaren
comitative Antiguarekin
causative Antiguarengatik
benefactive Antiguarentzat
instrumental Antiguaz
inessive Antiguan
locative Antiguako
allative Antiguara
terminative Antiguaraino
directive Antiguarantz
destinative Antiguarako
ablative Antiguatik
partitive Antiguarik
prolative Antiguatzat

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Antigua f

  1. Antigua

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Antigua.

Proper noun

Antigua

  1. a surname
  2. the island of Antigua

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒntiɡvɒ]
  • Hyphenation: An‧ti‧gua
  • Rhymes: -vɒ

Proper noun

Antigua

  1. Antigua (the largest island of the nation of Antigua and Barbuda, in the Caribbean)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Antigua
accusative Antiguát
dative Antiguának
instrumental Antiguával
causal-final Antiguáért
translative Antiguává
terminative Antiguáig
essive-formal Antiguaként
essive-modal
inessive Antiguában
superessive Antiguán
adessive Antiguánál
illative Antiguába
sublative Antiguára
allative Antiguához
elative Antiguából
delative Antiguáról
ablative Antiguától
non-attributive
possessive – singular
Antiguáé
non-attributive
possessive – plural
Antiguáéi
Possessive forms of Antigua
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Antiguám
2nd person sing. Antiguád
3rd person sing. Antiguája
1st person plural Antiguánk
2nd person plural Antiguátok
3rd person plural Antiguájuk

Derived terms

Japanese

Romanization

Antigua

  1. Rōmaji transcription of アンティグア

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anˈtiɡwa/ [ãn̪ˈt̪i.ɣ̞wa]
  • Rhymes: -iɡwa
  • Syllabification: An‧ti‧gua

Proper noun

Antigua f

  1. Antigua (the largest island of Antigua and Barbuda, a country in the Caribbean)
  2. ellipsis of Antigua Guatemala

Derived terms

Swedish

Etymology

From Spanish Antigua.

Proper noun

Antigua n (genitive Antiguas)

  1. Antigua

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