Arica

See also: -arica

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Rómulo Cúneo Vidal said that the word comes from Aymara ari (crag) + iqui (place to sleep). Manuel A. Quiroga said that the word comes from ari (phylum) + aka (tip). Carlos Auza Arce said that it comes from ari (hill) + acca (neighboring).

Proper noun

Arica

1. A province in northern Chile.
2. A commune and port city, the capital of the province of Arica, Chile.

Translations

Chilean city

• Arabic: أَرِيكَا f (ʔarīkā)
• Bulgarian: Ари́ка f (Aríka)
• Greek: Αρίκα f (Aríka)
• Hebrew: אריקה f
• Japanese: アリカ (Arika)
• Portuguese: Arica f
• Quechua: Arika
• Russian: Ари́ка (ru) f (Aríka)
• Spanish: Arica (es) f
• Turkish: Arica
• Ukrainian: Арі́ка f (Aríka)

Anagrams

• Arcia, Caria, Ciara, acari

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾi.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾi.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾi.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾi.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: A‧ri‧ca

Proper noun

Arica f

1. Arica (a province in northern Chile)
2. Arica (a city, the provincial capital of Arica, Chile)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɾika/ [aˈɾi.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: A‧ri‧ca

Proper noun

Arica m

1. Arica (a province in northern Chile)
2. Arica (a city, the provincial capital of Arica, Chile)
3. (historical) A department of Chile

Derived terms

• Arica y Parinacota
• ariqueño