proper noun · femininefirst declension
Tūrcia
Tūrcia f sg (genitive Tūrciae)
Classical[ˈtuːr.ki.a]Ecclesiastical[ˈtur.t͡ʃi.a]
Meaning
- New LatinTurkey (a country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in West Asia)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Tūrcia | — |
| genitive | Tūrciae | — |
| dative | Tūrciae | — |
| accusative | Tūrciam | — |
| ablative | Tūrciā | — |
| vocative | Tūrcia | — |
| locative | Tūrciae | — |
Origins
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).
Descendants
- CatalanTurquia
- FrenchTurquie
- GermanTürkei
- ItalianTurchia
- PortugueseTurquia
- RomanianTurcia
- SpanishTurquía
- AragoneseTurquía
- AromanianTurchia
- BasqueTurkia