Alsàcia

See also: Alsacia, alsacià, and Alsácia

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Alsatia, from Old High German ali sazzo (“inhabitant of the other”) (referring to the opposite bank of the Rhine), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas (“other”) + *sittjan (“inhabitant”, literally “sitter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əlˈsa.si.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [alˈsa.si.a]

Proper noun

Alsàcia f

1. Alsace (a region, former administrative region, and historical province of France, located on the west bank of the upper Rhine; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est)

Derived terms

• Alsàcia-Lorena

Related terms

• alsacià