Hafnia
See also: hafnia
Translingual
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Hafnia alvei
Etymology
From Latin Hafnia (“Copenhagen”).
Proper noun
Hafnia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hafniaceae – the single species Hafnia alvei, a gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that is commensal in humans and normally harmless.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Proteobacteria - phylum; Gammaproteobacteria - class; Enterobacterales - order; Enterobacteriaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Hafnia alvei (selected species)
Further reading
Hafnia (bacterium) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hafnia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Hafnia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Hafnia at the Catalogue of Life
Latin
Alternative forms
- Haunia
- Havnia
Etymology
From Late Old Norse hǫfn (“harbour, port”) or Old Danish hafn (“harbour, port”); from Kaupmannahǫfn.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhaf.ni.a/, [ˈhäfniä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈaf.ni.a/, [ˈäfniä]
Proper noun
Hafnia f sg (genitive Hafniae); first declension
- Copenhagen
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Hafnia |
Genitive | Hafniae |
Dative | Hafniae |
Accusative | Hafniam |
Ablative | Hafniā |
Vocative | Hafnia |
Locative | Hafniae |
Derived terms
- Hafniensis