Cantabria

See also: Cantàbria and Cantábria

English

Etymology

Possibly a Celtic name, such as Proto-Celtic *kantos (rim, corner) or *cant- (rock).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kænˈtæbɹiə/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Proper noun

Cantabria

  1. An autonomous community and province in northern Spain. Capital: Santander.

Derived terms

Translations

References

  • González Echegaray, J. (1993), Los Cántabros, Santander: Estvdio

Anagrams

Aragonese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kanˈtabɾja/
  • Syllabification: Can‧ta‧bria
  • Rhymes: -abɾja

Proper noun

Cantabria

  1. Cantabria (an autonomous community and province in northern Spain)

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kanˈtabɾja/ [kãn̪ˈt̪a.β̞ɾja]
  • Rhymes: -abɾja
  • Syllabification: Can‧ta‧bria

Proper noun

Cantabria f

  1. Cantabria (an autonomous community and province in northern Spain)
  • cántabru

Galician

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kanˈtabɾja/ [kɑn̪ˈt̪a.β̞ɾjɐ]
  • Rhymes: -abɾja
  • Hyphenation: Can‧ta‧bria

Proper noun

Cantabria f

  1. Cantabria (an autonomous community and province in northern Spain)

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kanˈta.brja/
  • Rhymes: -abrja
  • Hyphenation: Can‧tà‧bria

Proper noun

Cantabria f

  1. Cantabria (an autonomous community and province in northern Spain)

Latin

Proper noun

Cantabria f sg (genitive Cantabriae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Cantabria (an autonomous community and province in northern Spain)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Cantabria
genitive Cantabriae
dative Cantabriae
accusative Cantabriam
ablative Cantabriā
vocative Cantabria

References

  • Cantabria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Cantabria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kanˈtabɾja/ [kãn̪ˈt̪a.β̞ɾja]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -abɾja
  • Syllabification: Can‧ta‧bria

Proper noun

Cantabria f

  1. Cantabria (an autonomous community and province in northern Spain; capital: Santander)

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