Narnia

Named by C. S. Lewis after the Latin name of the Italian town of Narni.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑː(ɹ).ni.ə/

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Narnia

1. (fantasy) A land in which a series of seven children's books, The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis are set.

• Narnian

• Narain

•  (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnaːr.ni.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnar.ni.a]

Nārnia f sg (genitive Nārniae); first declension

1. Narni (a city in Italy)

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Ancient Greek: Νάρνεια (Nárneia)
• Italian: Narni

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