Nueva Ecija

From Spanish Nueva Écija. Named after Écija in Seville, Spain, which Écija is from Mozarabic, from Latin Astigi.

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˌnwɛ.vɐ ʔɛˈsi.hɐ/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌnweɪvɑ ˈeɪsihɑ/, /ˌnweɪvɑ ˈɛsihɑ/

Nueva Ecija

1. A province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Palayan. Largest city: Cabanatuan.

From Spanish Nueva Écija. Named after Écija in Seville, Spain, which Écija is from Mozarabic, from Latin Astigi.

• Hyphenation: Nu‧e‧va E‧ci‧ja
• IPA^(key): /nuˌeba ʔeˈsiha/ [ˌn̪wi.bɐ ʔeˈs̪i.hɐ]

Nueva Ecija

1. Nueva Ecija (a province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines)

• Nueba Esiha — obsolete

Borrowed from Spanish Nueva Écija (“New Écija”) with the stress moved to the penultimate, from nueva (“new”) +‎ Écija (“city in Seville, Spain”), which the latter term is from Mozarabic, from Latin Astigi.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /nuˌeva ʔeˈsiha/ [ˌn̪wɛː.vɐ ʔɛˈsiː.hɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /nuˌeba ʔeˈsiha/ [ˌn̪wɛː.bɐ ʔɛˈsiː.hɐ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iha
• Syllabification: Nu‧e‧va E‧ci‧ja

Nueva Ecija (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜓᜏᜒᜊ ᜁᜐᜒᜑ)

1. Nueva Ecija (a province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines)

   Synonym: (obsolete) Bagong Esiha