justicia

See also: Justicia and justícia

Latin

Noun

jūsticia f (genitive jūsticiae); first declension

  1. alternative spelling of iustitia

Old Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iūstitia (“justice”).

Noun

justicia f (nominative singular justicia)

  1. justice

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iūstitia (“justice”).[1][2] Compare also justeza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xusˈtiθja/ [xusˈt̪i.θja] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /xusˈtisja/ [xusˈt̪i.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
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  • Rhymes: -iθja (Spain)
  • Rhymes: -isja (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Syllabification: jus‧ti‧cia

Noun

justicia f (plural justicias)

  1. justice
  2. righteousness
  3. the law

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Tagalog: hustisya

References

  1. ^ Real Academia Española
  2. ^ “Notes on the Development of -kj-,-tj- in Spanish and Portuguese”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], 6 February 2012 (last accessed), archived from the original on 7 February 2012

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