Brescia

See also: Bréscia

English

Brescia

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Brescia, Lombard Brèsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɛʃə/
• Rhymes: -ɛʃə

Proper noun

Brescia (countable and uncountable, plural Brescias)

2. A province of Lombardy, Italy.
4. A city and comune, the capital of the province of Brescia, Lombardy, Italy.
5. A habitational surname from Italian.

Related terms

• Brescian

Translations

city and province of Italy

• Bulgarian: Бреша (Breša)
• Catalan: Brescia
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布雷西亞 / 布雷西亚 (Bùléixīyà)

• French: Brescia (fr)
• Greek: Μπρέσια (el) f (Brésia)
• Italian: Brescia (it) f
• Latin: Brixia
• Lombard: Brèsa
• Marathi: ब्रेश्शा (breśśā)
• Occitan: Breissa, Brèsa
• Polish: Brescia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Bréscia
• Romanian: Brescia (ro)
• Russian: Бре́ша f (Bréša), Бре́шиа f (Bréšia), Бре́шия f (Bréšija)
• Sicilian: Brescia
• Spanish: Brescia (es)
• Turkish: Brescia (tr)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Brescia is the 17300^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1636 individuals. Brescia is most common among White (92.73%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brescia”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 224.

Anagrams

• ascribe, carbies, caribes

Italian

Brescia

Etymology

From Lombard Brèsa, Latin Brixia, probably from a Gaulish/Celtic (Cisalpine) root meaning "hill".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbreʃ.ʃa/, /ˈbrɛʃ.ʃa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eʃʃa, -ɛʃʃa
• Hyphenation: Bré‧scia, Brè‧scia

Proper noun

Brescia f (demonym bresciano)

1. Brescia (a province of Lombardy, Italy)
2. Brescia (a city and comune, the capital of the province of Brescia, Lombardy, Italy)

Proper noun

Brescia m or f by sense

1. a surname transferred from the place name

Further reading

• Stefano Ravara (2015–2026), Mappa dei Cognomi‎^[1]

Anagrams

• sbercia

Polish

Brescia

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian Brescia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛ.ʂja/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛʂja
• Syllabification: Bresc‧ia

Proper noun

Brescia f (related adjective bresciański, demonym brescianin, female demonym brescianka)

1. Brescia (a province of Lombardy, Italy)
2. Brescia (a city and comune, the capital of the province of Brescia, Lombardy, Italy)

Declension

Declension of Brescia

	singular
nominative	Brescia
genitive	Brescii
dative	Brescii
accusative	Brescię
instrumental	Brescią
locative	Brescii
vocative	Brescio

Further reading

• “Brescia”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Brescia in PWN's encyclopedia

Spanish

Proper noun

Brescia ?

1. Brescia (a province of Lombardy, Italy)
2. Brescia (a city and comune, the capital of the province of Brescia, Lombardy, Italy)