Asturias

See also: Astúrias

English

Location of Asturias (red) in Spain.

Alternative forms

• Asturia (archaic)
• Asturies (obsolete)

Pronunciation

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

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

Proper noun

Asturias

1. An autonomous community and province of Spain, on the Spanish north coast facing the Cantabrian Sea. The capital city is 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."

2. a surname from Spanish.

Derived terms

• Asturian

Translations

autonomous community and province of Spain

• Afrikaans: Asturië
• Armenian: Աստուրիա (hy) (Asturia)
• Asturian: Asturies (ast)
• Breton: Asturiez
• Catalan: Astúries (ca) f pl
• 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
• Hungarian: Asztúria (hu)
• Italian: Asturie (it)
• Latvian: Astūrija
• Lithuanian: Astūrija
• Luxembourgish: Asturien
• Polish: Asturia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Astúrias (pt) f pl
• Romanian: Asturia (ro)
• Russian: Асту́рия (ru) f (Astúrija)
• Spanish: Asturias (es) f
• Swedish: Asturien (sv)
• 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

Proper noun

Asturias

1. Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain)

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
3. Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain)

Galician

Proper noun

Asturias

1. Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain)

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

1. Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain)
2. (historical) Asturias (a mediaeval kingdom in northern Iberia)

Derived terms

• asturiano
• Princesa de Asturias
• Príncipe de Asturias

 

Related terms

• astur

 

Further reading

• Asturias on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es