Barcilona

Old Spanish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Barcinō, from Iberian Barkeno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɾt͡siˈlona/

Proper noun

Barcilona f

1. Barcelona (the capital city of the modern autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain)
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 13r:

     DEl ſeſto grado del ſigno de tauro, es la piedra a que dizen raconic en caldeo. Et fallan la en tierra de eſpanna ⁊ ſennalada miente en la comarca de barcilona.

     Of the sixth degree of the sign of Taurus is the stone they call raconic in Chaldean. And they find it in the land of Spain, especially in the region of Barcelona.

Descendants

• Spanish: Barcelona