Vasconia
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Vasconēs + -ia, from Ancient Greek Οὐασκώνων (Ouaskṓnōn).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯asˈko.ni.a/, [u̯äs̠ˈkɔniä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vasˈko.ni.a/, [väsˈkɔːniä]
Proper noun edit
Vasconia f sg (genitive Vasconiae); first declension
- (historical) Vasconia (region inhabited by the Vascones in northeastern Roman Spain)
- (Medieval Latin, historical) Gascony (a duchy of England), sometimes used vaguely in reference to all English holdings in present-day France
- (Medieval Latin) Gascony (a duchy, province, and region of France)
- (Medieval Latin) Basque Country (a region of Spain, inhabited by Basques)
- (New Latin) Basque Country (an autonomous community of Spain)
Declension edit
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Vasconia |
Genitive | Vasconiae |
Dative | Vasconiae |
Accusative | Vasconiam |
Ablative | Vasconiā |
Vocative | Vasconia |
Locative | Vasconiae |
Descendants edit
Spanish edit
Proper noun edit
Vasconia f
- (chiefly historical) land of the Vascones