Aquitania

See also: Aquitània and Aquitânia

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin Aquitania. Doublet of Aquitaine.

Pronunciation

• (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?) (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæ.kwɪˈteɪ.nɪ.ə/, /ˌæ.kwɪˈteɪn.jə/
• (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?) (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɑ.kwɪˈteɪ.ni.ə/, /ˌɑ.kwɪˈteɪn.jə/

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• Rhymes: -eɪniə

• Hyphenation: A‧qui‧ta‧ni‧a, A‧qui‧tan‧ia

Proper noun

Aquitania

1. Aquitaine (a historical region in France), especially Gallia Aquitania (a province of the Roman Empire)

Galician

Proper noun

Aquitania

1. Aquitaine (a historical region in France)

Related terms

• aquitano

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Aquitania.

Proper noun

Aquitania f

1. Aquitaine (a historical region in France)

Related terms

• aquitano

Latin

Etymology

Probably from aqua (“water”), as in nearby provinces Aquae Tarbellicae or Aquae Augustae or the dative plural aquis, + -ania.

The province within the Roman Empire

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.kʷiːˈtaː.ni.a/, [äkʷiːˈt̪äːniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.kwiˈta.ni.a/, [äkwiˈt̪äːniä]

Proper noun

Aquītānia f sg (genitive Aquītāniae); first declension

1. Aquitaine

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Aquītānia
Genitive	Aquītāniae
Dative	Aquītāniae
Accusative	Aquītāniam
Ablative	Aquītāniā
Vocative	Aquītānia

Derived terms

• Aquītānus
• Aquītānicus
• Aquītānensis

Descendants

• → Catalan: Aquitània
• → French: Aquitaine
  • → English: Aquitaine
• → German: Aquitanien
• Occitan: Guiana, → Aquitània
• Old French: Aguyenne, Guyenne, Guienne
  • French: Guyenne, Guienne
    • → English: Guyenne
• → Portuguese: Aquitânia (learned)
• → Spanish: Aquitania

References

• “Aquitania”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Aquitania in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Aquitania”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Charnock, Richard Stephen (1859): Local Etymology: A Derivative Dictionary of Geographical Names

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Aquitania.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akiˈtanja/ [a.kiˈt̪a.nja]
• Rhymes: -anja
• Syllabification: A‧qui‧ta‧nia

Proper noun

Aquitania f

1. Aquitaine (a historical region in France)

Related terms

• aquitano