Aquitania

See also: Aquitània and Aquitânia

English

Etymology

From Latin Aquitania. Doublet of Aquitaine and Guyenne.

Pronunciation

• (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?) (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæ.kwɪˈteɪ.nɪ.ə/, /ˌæ.kwɪˈteɪn.jə/
• (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?) (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɑ.kwɪˈteɪ.ni.ə/, /ˌɑ.kwɪˈteɪn.jə/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -eɪniə

• Hyphenation: A‧qui‧ta‧ni‧a, A‧qui‧tan‧ia

Proper noun

Aquitania

1. (historical) Short for Gallia Aquitanica, a province of the Roman Empire.
2. (chiefly historical) Synonym of Aquitaine.

Derived terms

• Aquitanian

 

Galician

Proper noun

Aquitania

1. Aquitaine (a historical region in France)

Related terms

• aquitano

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Aquitania.

Proper noun

Aquitania f

1. 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 Latin) IPA^(key): /a.kʷiːˈtaː.ni.a/, [äkʷiːˈt̪äːniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.kwiˈta.ni.a/, [äkwiˈt̪äːniä]

Proper noun

Aquītānia f sg (genitive Aquītāniae); first declension

1. 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 (obsolete)
    • → English: Guyenne
• → Portuguese: Aquitânia (learned)
• → 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

1. Aquitaine (a historical region in France)

Related terms

• aquitano