Aquitania
See also: Aquitània and Aquitânia
Galician
Proper noun
Aquitania
- Aquitaine (a historical region in France)
Related terms
- aquitano
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Aquitania.
Proper noun
Aquitania f
- Aquitaine (a historical region in France)
Related terms
- aquitano
Latin
Etymology
Probably from aqua (“water”), as in nearby provinces Aquae Tarbellicae or Aquae Augustae or the dative plural aquis, + -ania.
The province within the Roman Empire
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.kʷiːˈtaː.ni.a/, [äkʷiːˈt̪äːniä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.kwiˈta.ni.a/, [äkwiˈt̪äːniä]
Proper noun
Aquītānia f sg (genitive Aquītāniae); first declension
- Aquitaine
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Aquītānia |
| Genitive | Aquītāniae |
| Dative | Aquītāniae |
| Accusative | Aquītāniam |
| Ablative | Aquītāniā |
| Vocative | Aquītānia |
Derived terms
- Aquītānus
- Aquītānicus
- Aquītānensis
Descendants
- → Catalan: Aquitània
- → French: Aquitaine
- → English: Aquitaine
- → German: Aquitanien
- Occitan: Guiana, → Aquitània
- Old French: Aguyenne, Guyenne, Guienne
- French: Guyenne, Guienne (archaic)
- → Spanish: Aquitania
References
- “Aquitania”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Aquitania in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “Aquitania”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Charnock, Richard Stephen (1859): Local Etymology: A Derivative Dictionary of Geographical Names
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Aquitania.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /akiˈtanja/ [a.kiˈt̪a.nja]
- Rhymes: -anja
- Syllabification: A‧qui‧ta‧nia
Proper noun
Aquitania f
- Aquitaine (a historical region in France)
Related terms
- aquitano