Vasconia

• Gasconia, Wasconia

From Vasconēs +‎ -ia, from Ancient Greek Οὐασκώνων (Ouaskṓnōn).

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

Vasconia f sg (genitive Vasconiae); first declension

1. (historical) Vasconia (region inhabited by the Vascones in northeastern Roman Spain)
2. (Medieval Latin, historical) Gascony (a duchy of England), sometimes used vaguely in reference to all English holdings in present-day France
3. (Medieval Latin) Gascony (a duchy, province, and region of France)
4. (Medieval Latin) Basque Country (a cultural region that straddles the border of Spain and France, where the Basque language is traditionally spoken)
5. (New Latin) Basque Country (an autonomous community in northern Spain)

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Old French: Gascoigne
  • English: Gascony, Gascoigne
  • Middle French: Gascoigne
    • French: Gascogne
      • → Swedish: Gascogne
  • Norman: Gascongne

• IPA^(key): /basˈkonja/ [basˈko.nja]
• Rhymes: -onja
• Syllabification: Vas‧co‧nia

Vasconia f

1. (chiefly historical) land of the Vascones