Alsazia
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Medieval Latin Alsatia, from Old High German ali sazzo (“inhabitant of the other”) (referring to the opposite bank of the Rhine), from Proto-Germanic *aljaz (“other”) + *sitjaną (“inhabitant”, literally “sitter”).
Proper noun
editAlsazia f
- 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
editVenetian
editEtymology
editFrom Medieval Latin Alsatia, from Old High German ali sazzo (“inhabitant of the other”) (referring to the opposite bank of the Rhine), from Proto-Germanic *aljaz (“other”) + *sitjaną (“inhabitant”, literally “sitter”).
Proper noun
editAlsazia
- 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)
Categories:
- Italian terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Italian terms derived from Old High German
- Italian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- it:Regions of France
- it:Historical political subdivisions
- it:Places in France
- it:Places in Grand Est
- Italian exonyms
- Venetian terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Venetian terms derived from Old High German
- Venetian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Venetian lemmas
- Venetian proper nouns
- vec:Regions of France
- vec:Historical political subdivisions
- vec:Places in France
- vec:Places in Grand Est