Galatia

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Galatia, from Ancient Greek Γαλατία (Galatía).

Proper noun

Galatia

  1. A historical region of ancient Asia Minor, in what is now central Turkey.
  2. A former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 25 BC to the late 7th century AD.
  3. A village in Saline County, Illinois.
  4. A minor city in Barton County, Kansas.

Translations

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌka.laˈki.a/, [ˌkɐ.ləˈti.jə]

Proper noun

Galatia

  1. Galatians (book of the Bible)

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Galatia, from Ancient Greek Γαλατία (Galatía).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ɡalaˈtia/ [ɡa.laˈt̪i.a]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: Ga‧la‧ti‧a

Proper noun

Galatia

  1. (biblical) Galatians: The ninth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle of Saint Paul to the Galatians

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γᾰλᾰτῐ́ᾱ (Gălătĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Galatīa f sg (genitive Galatīae); first declension

  1. Galatia (a historical region of ancient Asia Minor, in what is now central Turkey)
    Holonym: Anatolia
    Meronyms: Ancyra, Pessinus, Rosologiacum, Tavium
  2. Galatia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 25 BC to the late 7th century AD)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Galatīa
genitive Galatīae
dative Galatīae
accusative Galatīam
ablative Galatīā
vocative Galatīa
locative Galatīae

Descendants

  • Old French: Gialde
    • French: Jaude

References

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