Turcia

Latin

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek Τουρκίᾱ (Tourkíā, “Turkey”), itself being Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos) (borrowed into Latin as Turcus (“A Turk, Turkish”), see there for further etymology) with suffix -ίᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.ki.a/, [ˈt̪ʊrkiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.t͡ʃi.a/, [ˈt̪urt͡ʃiä]

Proper noun

Turcia f sg (genitive Turciae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Turkey (a country located in Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Turcia
Genitive	Turciae
Dative	Turciae
Accusative	Turciam
Ablative	Turciā
Vocative	Turcia
Locative	Turciae

Related terms

• turcicus

Descendants

• → Aragonese: Turquía
• → Aromanian: Turchia
• → Basque: Turkia
• → Breton: Turkia
• → Catalan: Turquia
• → French: Turquie
• → Galician: Turquía
• → German: Türkei
• → Irish: Tuirc
• → Istriot: Turcheîa
• → Italian: Turchia
• → Norman: Turtchie, Turquie, Turqùie
• → Portuguese: Turquia
• → Romanian: Turcia
• → Romansch: Tirchia, Terchia, Tertgia, Tertgeia, Türchia
• → Sicilian: Turchìa
• → Spanish: Turquía
  • → Tagalog: Turkiya

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin Turcia. By surface analysis, turc +‎ -ia

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Turcia f

1. Turkey (a country located in Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)

Related terms

• turc
• turcesc
• turcește
• turcic
• turcism
• turcit
• turcoaică
• turcolog
• turcologie