Albula
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See also: albula
English
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Proper noun
[edit]Albula
- Albula Region, an administrative district in Grisons canton, Switzerland, which replaced Albula District in 2017.
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps dating to a Proto-Indo-European name for the river meaning "white (with sediment)" or "from the mountains," from *albʰós (“white”), *h₂elbʰós (“mountain”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈal.bu.la/, [ˈäɫ̪bʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈal.bu.la/, [ˈälbulä]
Proper noun
[edit]Albula m sg (genitive Albulae); first declension
- The ancient name of the Tiber
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Albula.
- A small river in Picenum, mentioned only by Pliny
- A small river that flows into the Anio near the town of Tibur
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Albula |
| Genitive | Albulae |
| Dative | Albulae |
| Accusative | Albulam |
| Ablative | Albulā |
| Vocative | Albula |
References
[edit]- “Albula”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Albula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ G. Alessio "Studi storico-linguisitci messapici" in Archivio Storico Pugliese p. 304; "Sul nome di Brindisi" in Archivio Storico Puglese VIII 1955 p. 211 f.; "Apulia et Calabria nel quadro della toponomastica mediterranea" in Atti del VII Congresso Internazionale di Studi Onomastici Firenze 1962 p. 85.
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Places in Switzerland
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin 3-syllable words
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- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the first declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- la:Rivers