Turcia

Latin

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek Τουρκίᾱ (Tourkíā, Turkey), itself being Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos) (borrowed into Latin as Turcus (A Turk, Turkish), see there for further etymology) with suffix -ίᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Turcia f sg (genitive Turciae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Turkey (a country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in western Asia)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Turcia
genitive Turciae
dative Turciae
accusative Turciam
ablative Turciā
vocative Turcia
locative Turciae

Descendants

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin Turcia. By surface analysis, turc +‎ -ia

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtur.t͡ʃi.(j)a/
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Proper noun

Turcia f

  1. Turkey (a country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in western Asia)

Declension

Declension of Turcia
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative Turcie Turcia
genitive-dative Turcii Turciei
vocative Turcie, Turcio

See also