Ostia

See also: ostia

English

Etymology

Proper noun

Ostia

  1. (historical) A port and town on the Tiber in Italia, Roman Empire, the harbour of ancient Rome.
  2. A modern refounding of the ancient town at the mouth of the Tiber, now a neighbourhood of Rome, Italy.

Anagrams

Cebuano

Proper noun

Ostia

  1. a surname
  2. (historical) a port and town in Italia, Roman Empire
  3. a neighbourhood of Rome, Italy

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Ōstia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔs.tja/
  • Rhymes: -ɔstja
  • Hyphenation: Ò‧stia

Proper noun

Ostia f

  1. Ostia
    1. a neighbourhood of Rome, Italy
      Synonyms: Ostia Lido, Lido di Ostia
    2. (historical) a town and port in Italia, Roman Empire

Descendants

  • English: Ostia

Further reading

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From ōs (mouth; opening, entrance).

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Proper noun

Ōstia f sg (genitive Ōstiae); first declension

  1. (historical) Ostia; a town and port in Italia, Roman Empire

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Ōstia
genitive Ōstiae
dative Ōstiae
accusative Ōstiam
ablative Ōstiā
vocative Ōstia
locative Ōstiae

Descendants