Aquitania

See also: Aquitània and Aquitânia

English

Etymology

From Latin Aquitania. Doublet of Aquitaine and Guyenne.

Pronunciation

  • (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæ.kwɪˈteɪ.nɪ.ə/, /ˌæ.kwɪˈteɪn.jə/
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  • (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?) (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɑ.kwɪˈteɪ.ni.ə/, /ˌɑ.kwɪˈteɪn.jə/
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    Rhymes: -eɪniə
  • Hyphenation: A‧qui‧ta‧ni‧a, A‧qui‧tan‧ia

Proper noun

Aquitania

  1. (historical) Ellipsis of Gallia Aquitanica: an ancient province of the Roman Empire.
  2. (chiefly historical) Synonym of Aquitaine.

Derived terms

Galician

Proper noun

Aquitania ?

  1. Aquitaine (a historical region of France)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Aquitania.

Proper noun

Aquitania f

  1. Aquitaine (a historical region of France)

Latin

Etymology

Probably from aqua (water), as in nearby provinces Aquae Tarbellicae or Aquae Augustae or the dative plural aquis, + -ania.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Aquītānia f sg (genitive Aquītāniae); first declension

  1. Aquitaine

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Aquītānia
genitive Aquītāniae
dative Aquītāniae
accusative Aquītāniam
ablative Aquītāniā
vocative Aquītānia

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Aquitania”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Aquitania in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Aquitania”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Charnock, Richard Stephen (1859): Local Etymology: A Derivative Dictionary of Geographical Names

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Aquitania.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /akiˈtanja/ [a.kiˈt̪a.nja]
  • Rhymes: -anja
  • Syllabification: A‧qui‧ta‧nia

Proper noun

Aquitania f

  1. Aquitaine (a historical region of France)