Asturias
See also: Astúrias
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- (UK) IPA(key): /æsˈtʊə.ɹi.əs/, /əˈstjʊə.ɹi.əs/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /æsˈtʊɹ.i.əs/, /əˈstʊɹ.i.əs/
Proper noun edit
Asturias
- 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."
- a surname from Spanish.
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Translations edit
autonomous community and province of Spain
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Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Asturias is the 44423th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 484 individuals. Asturias is most common among Hispanic/Latino (75.62%) and White (12.60%) individuals.
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Aragonese edit
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Asturias
- Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain)
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Etymology edit
From Spanish Asturias. The municipality is named after Asturias in Spain.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: as‧tu‧rias
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Asturias
- a surname
- A municipality of Cebu
- Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain)
Galician edit
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Asturias
- Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain)
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Latinization of Astur, a Celtic tribe residing in pre-Roman Spain. More at Asturias.
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Asturias f pl
- Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain)
- (historical) Asturias (a mediaeval kingdom in northern Iberia)
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- Asturias on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es