Guipúzcoa

English

Proper noun

Guipúzcoa

1. A province and historic territory in the Basque Country, Spain, whose capital is San Sebastián.

Translations

province

• Basque: Gipuzkoa
• Catalan: Guipúscoa
• French: Guipuscoa (fr) m
• Galician: Guipúscoa (gl) f
• Portuguese: Guipúscoa (pt)
• Spanish: Guipúzcoa (es) f

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish Guipúzcoa. Compare Basque Gipuzkoa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ɡiˈpuθkoa/ [ɡiˈpuθ.ko.a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ɡiˈpuskoa/ [ɡiˈpus.ko.a]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -uθkoa
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -uskoa
• Syllabification: Gui‧púz‧co‧a

Proper noun

Guipúzcoa f

1. Guipúzcoa (a province of the Basque Country, Spain; capital: San Sebastián)

Derived terms

• guipuzcoano

 

Further reading

• “Guipúzcoa” in Euskal Onomastikaren Datutegia [Basque Onomastic Database], euskaltzaindia.eus