Dacia

Dacia

See also: dacia, dácia, Dácia, and Dàcia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Dacia, from Ancient Greek Δάοι (Dáoi), Δάκοι (Dákoi).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪsɪə/, /ˈdeɪʃə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪʃə/

Proper noun

Dacia

1. An ancient kingdom located in the area now known as Romania. The Dacian kingdom was conquered by the Romans and later named Romania after them.
2. An automobile company based in Romania, Dacia.

Derived terms

• Dacian

Translations

ancient kingdom and Roman province

Arabic: دَاقِيَة‎ f (dāqiya) Armenian: Դակիա (Dakia) Belarusian: Да́кія f (Dákija) Breton: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: Да́кия f (Dákija) Burmese: please add this translation if you can Catalan: Dàcia f Chinese: Mandarin: 達基亞／达基亚 (Dájīyà) Czech: Dácie Danish: Dakien Dutch: Dacië Esperanto: Dakio Estonian: Daakia (et) Finnish: Daakia French: Dacie (fr) f Georgian: დაკია (daḳia) German: Dacien n Greek: Δακία (el) (Dakía) Ancient: Δακία (Dakía) Hawaiian: Dakia Hebrew: דאקיה‎ Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: Dacia (hu) Irish: an Dáicia f Italian: Dacia f Japanese: ダキア (Dakia) Korean: 다키아 (Dakia) Ladin: please add this translation if you can Latvian: Dāķija, Dākija f Lithuanian: Dakija f Malay: please add this translation if you can Maori: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: Dakia Occitan: please add this translation if you can Parthian: 𐭃𐭀𐭊𐭉𐭀 𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓‎ (dʾkyʾ ḥštr /Dākyā xšahr/) Persian: please add this translation if you can Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can Polish: Dacja f Portuguese: Dácia Romanian: Dacia (ro) f Russian: Да́кия f (Dákija) Scottish Gaelic: please add this translation if you can Slovak: Dácia f Spanish: Dacia (es) f Swedish: Dakien Telugu: please add this translation if you can Turkish: Daçya Ukrainian: Да́кія f (Dákija) Venetian: please add this translation if you can Volapük: Dazän (vo) West Frisian: Daasje

automobile

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdaː.ki.a/, [ˈd̪äːkiä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.t͡ʃi.a/, [ˈd̪äːt͡ʃiä]

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Δάοι (Dáoi), Δάκοι (Dákoi), of long disputed origin and meaning; see Dacians. Some writers used the tribe name Getae to describe them.

Proper noun

Dācia f sg (genitive Dāciae); first declension

1. (historical geography) Dacia, the ancient kingdom located in the area now known as Romania.
2. (obsolete) The region formerly held by Dacia: Wallachia or Romania.
   • 1511, Bernardus Sylvanus ed., Jacobus Angelus's translation of Ptolemy as Liber Geographica, Bk VIII:

     In nona Tabula[:] Iaziges metanastae[,] Dacia Vulachia[,] Mysia superior: Seruia[,] Mysia inferior Bosna[,] Tratia[,] Chersonesus.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Dācia
Genitive	Dāciae
Dative	Dāciae
Accusative	Dāciam
Ablative	Dāciā
Vocative	Dācia

Derived terms

• dācicus
• Dācus

Etymology 2

Same as 1, used instead of Dania because of the similar sound.

Proper noun

Dācia f sg (genitive Dāciae); first declension

1. Denmark
2. A former ecclesiastical province covering the Nordic region.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Dācia
Genitive	Dāciae
Dative	Dāciae
Accusative	Dāciam
Ablative	Dāciā
Vocative	Dācia

Further reading

• Strabo & 20 AD, VII 3,12

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Dacia, from Ancient Greek Δάοι (Dáoi), Δάκοι (Dákoi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdat͡ʃi.a/

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Proper noun

Dacia f

1. (historical) Dacia, the ancient kingdom located in the area now known as Romania.

Declension

gender f	uncountable
Nom/Acc	Dacia
Gen/Dat	Daciei

Related terms

• dac

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈdaθja/ [ˈd̪a.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈdasja/ [ˈd̪a.sja]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -aθja
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -asja
• Syllabification: Da‧cia

Proper noun

Dacia f

1. Dacia (ancient kingdom and Roman province)

Related terms

• dacio