Asturias

See also: Astúrias

English

Location of Asturias (red) in Spain.

Alternative forms

• Asturia (archaic)
• Asturies (obsolete)

Etymology

From Spanish Asturias. Known in Asturian as Asturies.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /æsˈtʊə.ɹi.əs/, /əˈstjʊə.ɹi.əs/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /æsˈtʊɹ.i.əs/, /əˈstʊɹ.i.əs/

Proper noun

Asturias

2. An autonomous community and province of Spain, on the Spanish north coast facing the Cantabrian Sea. Capital: Oviedo.
   • 2000, Richard Sterling, Allison Jones, Spain, Lonely Planet; World Food, page 145:

     To this day the Asturians say to each other "Have a care. Asturias is Spain. The rest is Araby."

   Synonym: Principality of Asturias

4. A former kingdom existing from c. 718 to 924 C.E., in modern northwest Spain and Portugal.
5. A surname from Spanish.
6. A barangay of Tarlac City, Tarlac, Philippines.
7. A municipality of Cebu, Philippines.

   Coordinate terms: Alcantara, Alcoy, Alegria, Aloguinsan, Argao, Asturias, Badian, Balamban, Bantayan, Barili, Bogo, Boljoon, Borbon, Carcar, Carmen, Catmon, Compostela, Consolacion, Cordova, Daanbantayan, Dalaguete, Danao, Dumanjug, Ginatilan, Liloan, Madridejos, Malabuyoc, Medellin, Minglanilla, Moalboal, Naga, Oslob, Pilar, Pinamungajan, Poro, Ronda, Samboan, San Fernando, San Francisco, San Remigio, Santa Fe, Santander, Sibonga, Sogod, Tabogon, Tabuelan, Talisay, Toledo, Tuburan, Tudela — cities and municipalities of Cebu

8. A barangay of Jolo, Sulu, Philippines.

Derived terms

• Asturian
• New Asturias

Related terms

• Astur

Translations

autonomous community and province of Spain

• Afrikaans: Asturië
• Armenian: Աստուրիա (hy) (Asturia)
• Asturian: Asturies (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Asturiya
• Belarusian: Астурыя f (Asturyja)
• Breton: Asturiez
• Catalan: Astúries (ca) f pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿斯圖里亞斯 / 阿斯图里亚斯 (zh) (Āsītúlǐyàsī)

• Czech: Asturie (cs)
• Danish: Asturien
• Dutch: Asturië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Asturio
• Estonian: Astuuria
• Finnish: Asturia (fi)
• French: Asturies (fr) f pl
• Galician: Asturias (gl)
• Georgian: ასტურია (asṭuria)
• German: Asturien (de) n
• Greek: Αστούριες (el) f pl (Astoúries), Αστούρια (el) f (Astoúria)
• Hebrew: אסטוריאס
• Hindi: अस्तुरियस (asturiyas)
• Hungarian: Asztúria (hu)
• Italian: Asturie (it)
• Latvian: Astūrija
• Lithuanian: Astūrija
• Luxembourgish: Asturien
• Marathi: आस्तुर्‍यास (āstur‍yās)
• Old Galician-Portuguese: Esturas f pl
• Polish: Asturia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Astúrias (pt) f pl
• Romanian: Asturia (ro)
• Russian: Асту́рия (ru) f (Astúrija)
• Spanish: Asturias (es) f
• Swedish: Asturien (sv)
• Turkish: Asturias
• Ukrainian: Асту́рія f (Astúrija)
• West Frisian: Astuerje

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Asturias is the 44423^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 484 individuals. Asturias is most common among Hispanic/Latino (75.62%) and White (12.60%) individuals.

See also

• Astur

Aragonese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈtuɾjas/
• Syllabification: As‧tu‧rias
• Rhymes: -uɾjas

Proper noun

Asturias

1. Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain, on the Spanish north coast facing the Cantabrian Sea)
2. Asturias (a former kingdom existing from c. 718 to 924 C.E., in modern northwest Spain and Portugal)

Related terms

• asturiano

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Asturias. The municipality is named after Asturias in Spain.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: As‧tu‧rias

Proper noun

Asturias

1. a surname
2. a municipality of Cebu, Philippines
3. Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain, on the Spanish north coast facing the Cantabrian Sea)
4. Asturias (a former kingdom existing from c. 718 to 924 C.E., in modern northwest Spain and Portugal)

Galician

Alternative forms

• Astúrias (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈtuɾjas/ [as̺ˈt̪u.ɾjas̺]
• Rhymes: -uɾjas
• Hyphenation: As‧tu‧rias

Proper noun

Asturias ?

1. Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain, on the Spanish north coast facing the Cantabrian Sea)
2. Asturias (a former kingdom existing from c. 718 to 924 C.E., in modern northwest Spain and Portugal)

Related terms

• ástur
• asturiano

Spanish

Etymology

Latinization of Astur, a Celtic tribe residing in pre-Roman Spain. More at Asturias.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈtuɾjas/ [asˈt̪u.ɾjas]
• Rhymes: -uɾjas
• Syllabification: As‧tu‧rias

Proper noun

Asturias f pl (plural only)

1. Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain, on the Spanish north coast facing the Cantabrian Sea)
2. Asturias (a former kingdom existing from c. 718 to 924 C.E., in modern northwest Spain and Portugal)

Derived terms

• asturiano
• narciso de Asturias
• Princesa de Asturias
• Príncipe de Asturias

Related terms

• astur
• asturcón

Further reading

• Asturias on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es