Aquitaine

Aquitaine

See also: aquitaine

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Aquitaine.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈækwɪteɪn/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌækwɪˈteɪn/
• Rhymes: -eɪn

Proper noun

Aquitaine

1. A former region in France, which in 2016 was merged with Limousin and Poitou-Charentes to create the new region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Translations

former region of France

Basque: Akitania Catalan: Aquitània (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 阿基坦 (zh) (Ājītǎn) Czech: Akvitánie (cs) f Danish: Aquitaine (da) Dutch: Aquitanië n French: Aquitaine (fr) f Galician: Aquitania (gl) German: Aquitanien (de) n Greek: Ακουιτανία (el) f (Akouitanía) Hebrew: אקיטן‎ f Italian: Aquitania f Japanese: アキテーヌ (Akitēnu) Latin: Aquitania (la) f Norman: Atchitaine f Occitan: Aquitània (oc) f Poitevin-Saintongeais: Aguiéne f Polish: Akwitania (pl) f Portuguese: Aquitânia f Russian: Аквита́ния (ru) f (Akvitánija) Sardinian: Achitània f Spanish: Aquitania (es) f Swedish: Akvitanien n Welsh: Acwitania f West Frisian: Akwitaanje n

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Aquitania. Doublet of the inherited Guyenne and Guienne, from Old French Aguyenne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ki.tɛn/

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Proper noun

Aquitaine f

1. Gallia Aquitania (a province of the Roman Empire)

   Synonym: Gaule aquitaine

2. Aquitaine (a former province of France)

   Meronyms: Béarn, Gascogne, Guyenne

3. Aquitaine (a former region in France)

   Holonym: Gascogne

   Meronym: Béarn

Derived terms

• Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Related terms

• aquitain