Donostia

Basque

Alternative forms

• Donosti (proscribed)

Etymology

First attested in 1491, ultimately from done (“saint”) +‎ *Sebastiani (“Sebastian”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /donos̺tia/ [d̪o.nos̺.t̪i.a]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: Do‧nos‧ti‧a

Proper noun

Donostia inan

1. San Sebastián (a city and municipality of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain)

Declension

Declension of Donostia (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite
absolutive	Donostia
ergative	Donostiak
dative	Donostiari
genitive	Donostiaren
comitative	Donostiarekin
causative	Donostiarengatik
benefactive	Donostiarentzat
instrumental	Donostiaz
inessive	Donostian
locative	Donostiako
allative	Donostiara
terminative	Donostiaraino
directive	Donostiarantz
destinative	Donostiarako
ablative	Donostiatik
partitive	Donostiarik
prolative	Donostiatzat

Derived terms

• donostiar

 

References

• Patxi Salaberri Zaratiegi (2019) “Donostia”, in Gipuzkoako herrien izenak‎^[1] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia, →ISBN, page 144