Aquitania
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/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?) (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɑ.kwɪˈteɪ.ni.ə/, /ˌɑ.kwɪˈteɪn.jə/
Audio (General Australian): (file) Audio (General American): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪniə
- Hyphenation: A‧qui‧ta‧ni‧a, A‧qui‧tan‧ia
Proper noun
Aquitania
- (historical) Ellipsis of Gallia Aquitanica: an ancient province of the Roman Empire.
- (chiefly historical) Synonym of Aquitaine.
Derived terms
Galician
Proper noun
Aquitania ?
- Aquitaine (a historical region of France)
Related terms
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Aquitania.
Proper noun
Aquitania f
- Aquitaine (a historical region of France)
Related terms
Latin
Etymology
Probably from aqua (“water”), as in nearby provinces Aquae Tarbellicae or Aquae Augustae or the dative plural aquis, + -ania.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.kʷiːˈtaː.ni.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.kʷiˈt̪aː.ni.a]
Proper noun
Aquītānia f sg (genitive Aquītāniae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Aquītānia |
| genitive | Aquītāniae |
| dative | Aquītāniae |
| accusative | Aquītāniam |
| ablative | Aquītāniā |
| vocative | Aquītānia |
Derived terms
- Aquītānus
- Aquītānicus
- Aquītānensis
Descendants
- → Catalan: Aquitània
- → French: Aquitaine
- → English: Aquitaine
- → German: Aquitanien
- Occitan: Guiana, → Aquitània
- Old French: Aguyenne, Guyenne, Guienne
- → Portuguese: Aquitânia (learned)
- → Spanish: Aquitania
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
- Aquitaine (a historical region of France)