Murcia

See also: murcià and Múrcia

English

Etymology

From Spanish Murcia.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Proper noun

Murcia

  1. An autonomous community and province in southeast Spain.
  2. The capital city of the autonomous community of Murcia, Spain.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Aragonese

Proper noun

Murcia

  1. Murcia (an autonomous community and province in southeast Spain)
  2. Murcia (the capital city of the autonomous community of Murcia, Spain)

Asturian

Proper noun

Murcia ?

  1. Murcia (an autonomous community and province in southeast Spain)
  2. Murcia (the capital city of the autonomous community of Murcia, Spain)
  • murcianu

Galician

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Murcia f

  1. Murcia (an autonomous community and province in southeast Spain)
  2. Murcia (the capital city of the autonomous community of Murcia, Spain)

Latin

Etymology

Unclear. Has been derived from myrtus (myrtle), from murcus or from Ancient Greek μύρκος (múrkos, dumb).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Murcia f sg (genitive Murciae); first declension

  1. (Roman mythology) a surname of Venus

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Murcia
genitive Murciae
dative Murciae
accusative Murciam
ablative Murciā
vocative Murcia

References

  • Murcia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

Various theories exist, the most common that it derived from Latin Myrta or Murtea, meaning the land of myrtle (see Latin myrta), or from Latin Murtia, from the name Murtius.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Murcia f

  1. Murcia (an autonomous community and province in southeast Spain)
  2. Murcia (the capital city of the autonomous community of Murcia, Spain)

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