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From Latin Illyria, from Ancient Greek Ἰλλυρία (Illuría), which may be from Illyrian.

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Illyria

  1. A region in Southeast Europe, the western part of what is now the Balkan Peninsula that was inhabited by the Illyrians, ancient Indo-European people.

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Īllyria (in red) on a map of the provinces of the Roman Empire circa AD 120.

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From Ancient Greek Ἰλλυρία (Illuría), which may be from Illyrian. Of obscure origin, but possibly from a conjectural Ancient Greek - root *is-lo (living), though the sense is uncertain.[1] Often said to be related to Albanian yll (star), from Proto-Albanian *uslo (star). If true, then Ἰλλυρία (Illuría) might be the Greek rendition of Illyrian *islu-or (star, lit. "the one that sparks"), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁usli (spark, hot ashes), from *h₁ews- (to burn).

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Īllyria f sg (genitive Īllyriae); first declension

  1. Illyria

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First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Īllyria
Genitive Īllyriae
Dative Īllyriae
Accusative Īllyriam
Ablative Īllyriā
Vocative Īllyria
Locative Īllyriae

References edit

  1. ^ Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006, p. 163