Chorasmia

English

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Etymology

From Latin Chorasmia, from Ancient Greek Χορασμία (Khorasmía), from Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-š /⁠huvārazmī-⁠/).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈɹæzmi.ə/

Proper noun

Chorasmia

  1. A large oasis geographical region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia; currently split politically between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χορασμία (Khorasmía), from Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-š /⁠huvārazmī-⁠/).

Proper noun

Chorasmia f sg (genitive Chorasmiae); first declension

  1. Chorasmia, Khwarazm (a large oasis geographical region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia; currently split politically between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Chorasmia
genitive Chorasmiae
dative Chorasmiae
accusative Chorasmiam
ablative Chorasmiā
vocative Chorasmia
locative Chorasmiae

Descendants

  • French: Chorasmie
  • Italian: Corasmia
  • English: Chorasmia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Chorasmia f

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Corásmia.