Alsacia

See also: alsacià, Alsácia, and Alsàcia

Galician

Proper noun

Alsacia

1. Alsace (a historical region in France)

Derived terms

• alsaciano

Spanish

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): (Spain) /alˈsaθja/ [alˈsa.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /alˈsasja/ [alˈsa.sja]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -aθja
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -asja
• Syllabification: Al‧sa‧cia

Proper noun

Alsacia f

1. Alsace (a historical region in France)

Derived terms

• alsaciano