Asturias

Asturias

See also: Astúrias

English

Location of Asturias (red) in Spain.

Alternative forms

• Asturia (old-fashioned spelling)
• Asturies (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /æsˈtʊə.ɹi.əs/, /əˈstjʊə.ɹi.əs/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /æsˈtʊɹ.i.əs/, /əˈstʊɹ.i.əs/

Proper noun

Asturias

1. An autonomous community and province of Spain, on the Spanish north coast facing the Cantabrian Sea. The capital city is Oviedo.
   • 2000, Richard Sterling & Allison Jones, Spain (Lonely Planet; World Food), page 145

     To this day the Asturians say to each other "Have a care. Asturias is Spain. The rest is Araby."

Derived terms

• Asturian

Translations

autonomous community and province of Spain

Afrikaans: Asturië Armenian: Աստուրիա (hy) (Asturia) Asturian: Asturies (ast) Breton: Asturiez Catalan: Astúries (ca) f pl Czech: Asturie (cs) Danish: Asturien Dutch: Asturië (nl) n Esperanto: Asturio Estonian: Astuuria Finnish: Asturia (fi) French: Asturies (fr) f pl Galician: Asturias (gl) German: Asturien (de) n Greek: Αστούριες (el) f pl (Astoúries), Αστούρια (el) f (Astoúria) Hebrew: אסטוריאס‎ Hungarian: Asztúria (hu) Italian: Asturie (it) Latvian: Astūrija Lithuanian: Astūrija Luxembourgish: Asturien Polish: Asturia (pl) f Portuguese: Astúrias (pt) f pl Romanian: Asturia (ro) Russian: Асту́рия (ru) f (Astúrija) Spanish: Asturias (es) f Swedish: Asturien (sv) West Frisian: Astuerje

See also

• Astur

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Aragonese

Proper noun

Asturias

1. Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain)

Related terms

• asturiano

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Asturias. The municipality is named after Asturias in Spain.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: as‧tu‧rias

Proper noun

Asturias

1. a surname
2. A municipality of Cebu
3. Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain)

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Galician

Proper noun

Asturias

1. Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain)

Related terms

• ástur
• asturiano

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Spanish

Etymology

Latinization of Astur, a Celtic tribe residing in pre-Roman Spain. More at Asturias.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈtuɾjas/ [asˈt̪u.ɾjas]
• Rhymes: -uɾjas
• Syllabification: As‧tu‧rias

Proper noun

Asturias f pl

1. Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain)
2. (historical) Asturias (a mediaeval kingdom in northern Iberia)

Derived terms

• asturiano
• Princesa de Asturias
• Príncipe de Asturias

Related terms

• astur

Further reading

• Asturias on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es