LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · femininefirst declension

Hyria

Hyria f sg (genitive Hyriae)
Classical[ˈhy.ri.a]Ecclesiastical[ˈiː.ri.a]

Meaning

  1. femininesingulara city in interior Calabria, situated between Tarentum and Brundisium, now Oria
  2. femininesingulara coastal city in Apulia situated on the Adriatic

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeHyria—
genitiveHyriae—
dativeHyriae—
accusativeHyriam—
ablativeHyriā—
vocativeHyria—
locativeHyriae—

Origins

From Ancient Greek Ὑρία (Huría).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyHyriaHyria, HYRIUM, or URIA, is the name of several ancient towns in Italy, which is very variously written, and often corrupted, in our extant MSS.; but a…GeographyHyriaHyria (Ὑρία: Eth. Ὑριάτης), a Boeotian town, mentioned by Homer along with Aulis. (Hom. Il. 2.496:) Hence it was placed near Aulis; but its position w…

Quick answers

What does Hyria mean in Latin?
Hyria, a proper noun, means “a city in interior Calabria, situated between Tarentum and Brundisium, now Oria; a coastal city in Apulia situated on the Adriatic”.
What is the genitive of Hyria?
The genitive singular is Hyriae. Hyria is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce Hyria?
In classical Latin, [ˈhy.ri.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈiː.ri.a].