Burgundia

See also: burgundia

Latin

Etymology

From Late Latin Burgundiones (“highlanders”), from Proto-Germanic *Burgundī, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high, mighty”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [bʊrˈɡʊn.di.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [burˈɡun.di.a]

Proper noun

Burgundia f sg (genitive Burgundiae); first declension

1. (historical, Medieval Latin) Burgundy (a geographic region, historical duchy, and medieval kingdom in France)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Burgundia
genitive	Burgundiae
dative	Burgundiae
accusative	Burgundiam
ablative	Burgundiā
vocative	Burgundia

Descendants

• Old French: Borgogne, Borgoigne
  • Bourguignon: Bregogne
  • Middle French: Bourgoigne, Bourgoingne
    • French: Bourgogne (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: Bourgouongne
  • Picard: Bourgonne
  • → Middle English: Burgoyne
    • →? Irish: Burgúin
    • → Middle Welsh: Bwrgwyn, Byrgwyn
      • Welsh: Bwrgwyn
• Franco-Provençal: Borgogne
• Old Occitan: Borgonha
  • Occitan: Borgonha
  • →? Catalan: Borgonya
  • → Italian: Borgogna
  • → Portuguese: Borgonha
  • → Spanish: Borgoña
• → English: Burgundy
• → Greek: Βουργουνδία (Vourgoundía)
• → Lithuanian: Burgundija
• → Polish: Burgundia
• → Russian: Бургундия (Burgundija)
  • → Georgian: ბურგუნდია (burgundia)
• → Spanish: Burgundia
• → Ukrainian: Бургу́ндія (Burhúndija)

References

• “Burgundia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin Burgundia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /burˈɡun.dja/

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• Rhymes: -undja
• Syllabification: Bur‧gun‧dia

Proper noun

Burgundia f (related adjective burgundzki)

1. Burgundy (a historical region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté)
2. Burgundy (an early-medieval kingdom and later former duchy in France and the Netherlands)

Declension

Declension of Burgundia

	singular
nominative	Burgundia
genitive	Burgundii
dative	Burgundii
accusative	Burgundię
instrumental	Burgundią
locative	Burgundii
vocative	Burgundio

Related terms

nouns

• burgund
• Burgund
• Burgundczyk
• Burgundka

Further reading

• “Burgundia”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)
• Burgundia in PWN's encyclopedia

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Burgundia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buɾˈɡundja/ [buɾˈɣ̞ũn̪.d̪ja]
• Rhymes: -undja
• Syllabification: Bur‧gun‧dia

Proper noun

Burgundia f

1. (historical) Burgundy (a medieval kingdom in France)

See also

• Borgoña
• burgundio