historia

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Contents 1 Finnish 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Declension 2 Latin 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Polish 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Declension 4 Spanish 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Noun 4.3.1 Synonyms 4.3.2 Derived terms 5 Swahili 5.1 Noun 6 Swedish 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 See also 6.2.2 Usage notes

[edit] Finnish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈhisto̞ri.ɑ]
• Hyphenation: his‧to‧ri‧a

[edit] Noun

historia

1. history

[edit] Declension

Declension of historia (type kulkija) singular plural nominative historia historiat genitive historian historioiden historioitten historiain1 partitive historiaa historioita accusative historia historian historiat inessive historiassa historioissa elative historiasta historioista illative historiaan historioihin adessive historialla historioilla ablative historialta historioilta allative historialle historioille essive historiana historioina translative historiaksi historioiksi instructive – historioin abessive historiatta historioitta comitative – historioineen 1) Rare.

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[edit] Latin

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From Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historia) "learning through research, narration of what is learned" < ἱστορέω (historeō) "to learn through research, to inquire" < ἵστωρ (histōr) "the one who knows, the expert, the judge" < Proto-Indo-European *widtōr "the one that knows"

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historia (genitive historiae); f, first declension

1. history

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Etymology

From Latin historia

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• IPA: [xisˈtɔrʲa]
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[edit] Noun

historia f.

1. history
2. story

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	historia	historie
Genitive	historii	historii/historyj
Dative	historii	historiom
Accusative	historię	historie
Instrumental	historią	historiami
Locative	historii	historiach
Vocative	historio	historie

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[edit] Spanish

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From Latin historia

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• IPA: /i'st̪oɾja/

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historia f. (plural historias)

1. history
2. story

[edit] Synonyms

• (story): cuento, relato, narración
• (history): historial

[edit] Derived terms

• historiador
• histórico

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[edit] Swahili

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historia

1. history (aggregate of past events)

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[edit] Swedish

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historia c.

Declination for historia 1	Singular		Uncountable
Common	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	historia	historian
Possessive form	historias	historians

Inflection for historia 2-4	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	historia	historien	historier	historierna
Possessive form	historias	historiens	historiers	historiernas

Inflection for historia 2-4	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	historia	historian	historier	historierna
Possessive form	historias	historians	historiers	historiernas

1. history

   Hon är professor i historia.

   "She is a professor of history."

   Landet har en lång historia av blodiga krig

   "The country has a long history of bloody wars."

2. A story, plot (of a work of fiction)
3. A joke or anecdote
4. An event, incident or affair.

   Mitt äktenskap var en riktigt sorglig historia.

   "My marriage was a really sorry affair."

[edit] See also

• rolig historia
• historieberättare

• historisk
• historielös
• historiker
• religionshistoriker
• vetenskapshistoriker

[edit] Usage notes

Usually, the phrase rolig historia denotes a shorter joke with a funny (witty...) punchline, while historia by itself usually denotes a story (or an anecdote).