Caria

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κᾱρίᾱ (Kāríā).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛəɹi.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛɹi.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə

Caria

2. (historical) A historical region in the southwest corner of Asia Minor, in modern Turkey.

• Carian

• acari, Arcia, Ciara, Acira, Arica

Shortening of Macaria.

Caria

1. a diminutive of the female given name Macaria
2. a female given name

From Ancient Greek Κᾱρίᾱ (Kāríā).

Caria

1. (historical) Caria (a historical region in the southwest corner of Asia Minor, in modern Turkey)

• IPA^(key): /kaˈri.a/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: Ca‧rì‧a

Derived from Ancient Greek Κᾱρίᾱ (Kāríā).

Caria f

1. (historical) Caria (a historical region in the southwest corner of Asia Minor, in modern Turkey)

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Caria m or f by sense

1. a surname

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025

• acari, arcai

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κᾱρίᾱ (Kāríā).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.ri.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.ri.a]

Cāria f sg (genitive Cāriae); first declension

1. Caria (a historical region in the southwest corner of Asia Minor, in modern Turkey)

First-declension noun, singular only.

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