Phazania

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Phazānia.

Proper noun

Phazania

  1. (historical) Fezzan

Derived terms

Translations

Translations

Latin

Etymology

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Proper noun

Phazānia f sg (genitive Phazāniae); first declension

  1. Fezzan (a region in southwestern Libya)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Phazānia
genitive Phazāniae
dative Phazāniae
accusative Phazāniam
ablative Phazāniā
vocative Phazānia

Derived terms

  • Phazānii

Descendants

  • → Arabic: فَزَّان (fazzān)
    • → Azerbaijani: Fəzzan
    • → Persian: فزان (fazzân)
    • → Punjabi: فَزّان (fazzān)
    • → Urdu: فَزّان (fazzān)
  • → English: Phazania
  • French: Phazanie
  • → Russian: Фаза́ния (Fazánija)

References

  • Phazania in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Phazania”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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