Murcia

Murcia

See also: murcià and Múrcia

English

Etymology

From Spanish Murcia.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Murcia

1. An autonomous community and province in southeast Spain.
2. The capital city of Murcia, Spain.

Derived terms

• Murcian

Translations

autonomous community

Aragonese: Murcia Asturian: Murcia (ast) Catalan: Múrcia Galician: Murcia (gl) Polish: Murcja (pl) Portuguese: Múrcia (pt) f Russian: Му́рсия (ru) f (Múrsija) Spanish: Murcia (es) Swedish: Murcia

city

Arabic: مُرْسِيَة‎ f (mursiya) Aragonese: Murcia Asturian: Murcia (ast) Catalan: Múrcia French: Murcie (fr) Galician: Murcia (gl) Italian: Murcia Portuguese: Múrcia (pt) f Russian: Му́рсия (ru) f (Múrsija) Spanish: Murcia (es) Swedish: Murcia

Anagrams

• 'Murica, 'murica, Murica

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Aragonese

Proper noun

Murcia

1. Murcia (an autonomous community and province in southeast Spain)
2. Murcia (the capital city of Murcia, Spain)

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Asturian

Proper noun

Murcia ?

1. Murcia (an autonomous community and province in southeast Spain)
2. Murcia (the capital city of Murcia, Spain)

Related terms

• murcianu

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Galician

Proper noun

Murcia f

1. Murcia (an autonomous community and province in southeast Spain)
2. Murcia (the capital city of Murcia, Spain)

Related terms

• murciano

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Latin

Etymology

Unclear. Has been derived from myrtus (“myrtle”), from murcus or from Ancient Greek μύρκος (múrkos, “dumb”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmur.ki.a/, [ˈmʊrkiä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmur.t͡ʃi.a/, [ˈmurt͡ʃiä]

Proper noun

Murcia f sg (genitive Murciae); first declension

1. (Roman mythology) A surname of Venus

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Murcia
Genitive	Murciae
Dative	Murciae
Accusative	Murciam
Ablative	Murciā
Vocative	Murcia

References

• Murcia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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Spanish

Etymology

Various theories exist, the most common that it derived from Latin Myrta or Murtea, meaning the land of myrtle (see Latin myrta), or from Latin Murtia, from the name Murtius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈmuɾθja/ [ˈmuɾ.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈmuɾsja/ [ˈmuɾ.sja]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -uɾθja
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -uɾsja
• Syllabification: Mur‧cia

Proper noun

Murcia f

1. Murcia (an autonomous community and province of Spain)
2. Murcia (the capital city of Spain)

Related terms

• murciano

Further reading

• Murcia on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es