Aquitaine

See also: aquitaine

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Aquitaine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈækwɪteɪn/
• IPA^(key): /ˌækwɪˈteɪn/
• Rhymes: -eɪn

Proper noun

Aquitaine

1. A former region in France, which in 2016 was merged with Limousin and Poitou-Charentes to create the new region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Translations

former region of France

• Basque: Akitania
• Catalan: Aquitània (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿基坦 (zh) (Ājītǎn)

• Czech: Akvitánie (cs) f
• Danish: Aquitaine (da)
• Dutch: Aquitanië n
• French: Aquitaine (fr) f
• Galician: Aquitania (gl)
• German: Aquitanien (de) n
• Greek: Ακουιτανία (el) f (Akouitanía)
• Hebrew: אקיטן f
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• Italian: Aquitania f
• Japanese: アキテーヌ (Akitēnu)
• Latin: Aquitania (la) f
• Norman: Atchitaine f
• Occitan: Aquitània (oc) f
• Poitevin-Saintongeais: Aguiéne f
• Polish: Akwitania (pl) f
• Portuguese: Aquitânia f
• Russian: Аквита́ния (ru) f (Akvitánija)
• Sardinian: Achitània f
• Spanish: Aquitania (es) f
• Swedish: Akvitanien n
• Welsh: Acwitania f
• West Frisian: Akwitaanje n

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Aquitania. Doublet of the inherited Guyenne and Guienne, from Old French Aguyenne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ki.tɛn/

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Proper noun

Aquitaine f

1. Gallia Aquitania (a province of the Roman Empire)

   Synonym: Gaule aquitaine

2. Aquitaine (a former province of France)

   Meronyms: Béarn, Gascogne, Guyenne

3. Aquitaine (a former region in France)

   Holonym: Gascogne

   Meronym: Béarn

Derived terms

• Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Related terms

• aquitain