Placentia

See also: placentia

English

Etymology

The town in Newfoundland is likely named after the Basque town of Placencia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pləˈsɛnʃə/, /pləˈsɛnʃiə/
• Hyphenation: Pla‧cen‧tia
• Rhymes: -ɛnʃiə, -ɛnʃə

Proper noun

Placentia

1. A city in Orange County, California, United States.
2. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Derived terms

• Placentia Bay

Anagrams

• analeptic, epicantal, El Capitan

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /plaˈken.ti.a/, [pɫ̪äˈkɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /plaˈt͡ʃen.t͡si.a/, [pläˈt͡ʃɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Proper noun

Placentia f sg (genitive Placentiae); first declension

1. Piacenza (a city in Italy)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Placentia
Genitive	Placentiae
Dative	Placentiae
Accusative	Placentiam
Ablative	Placentiā
Vocative	Placentia
Locative	Placentiae

References

• “Placentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Placentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.