Cappadocia

English

Etymology

From Latin Cappadocia, from Ancient Greek Καππαδοκία (Kappadokía), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎫𐎱𐎬𐎢𐎣 (k-t-p-tu-u-k /⁠katpatuka⁠/).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kæpəˈdoʊʃə/, /-ˈdoʊkiə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Proper noun

Cappadocia

  1. A historical region and ancient kingdom in central Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey.
  2. A former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 18 AD until the 7th century.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin Cappadocia, from Ancient Greek Καππαδοκία (Kappadokía), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎫𐎱𐎬𐎢𐎣 (k-t-p-tu-u-k /⁠katpatuka⁠/).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kap.paˈdɔ.t͡ʃa/
  • Rhymes: -ɔtʃa
  • Hyphenation: Cap‧pa‧dò‧cia

Proper noun

Cappadocia f

  1. Cappadocia (a historical region and ancient kingdom in central Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey)
  2. Cappadocia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 18 AD until the 7th century)
  • cappadoce

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Καππαδοκία (Kappadokía), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎫𐎱𐎬𐎢𐎣 (k-t-p-tu-u-k /⁠katpatuka⁠/).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cappadocia f sg (genitive Cappadociae); first declension

  1. Cappadocia (a historical region and ancient kingdom in central Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey)
  2. Cappadocia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 18 AD until the 7th century)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Cappadocia
genitive Cappadociae
dative Cappadociae
accusative Cappadociam
ablative Cappadociā
vocative Cappadocia

References

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