alcurnia
Spanish
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabic *الكنیه (al-kúnya), from Arabic كُنْيَة (kunya, “kunya”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈkuɾnja/ [alˈkuɾ.nja]
- Rhymes: -uɾnja
- Syllabification: al‧cur‧nia
Noun
alcurnia f (plural alcurnias)
- lineage, blood
- Synonym: estirpe
Further reading
- “alcurnia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014