Cantabria

See also: Cantàbria and Cantábria

English

Cantabria

Etymology

Possibly a Celtic name, such as Proto-Celtic *kantos (“rim, corner”) or *cant- (“rock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kænˈtæbɹiə/

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Proper noun

Cantabria

1. An autonomous community and province in northern Spain.

Derived terms

• Cantabrian

Translations

autonomous community

• Aragonese: Cantabria
• Armenian: Կանտաբրիա (Kantabria)
• Asturian: Cantabria (ast)
• Basque: Kantabria
• Catalan: Cantàbria (ca) f
• Dutch: Cantabrië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Kantabrio
• French: Cantabrie (fr) f
• Friulian: Cantabrie f
• Galician: Cantabria (gl) f
• Georgian: კანტაბრია (ḳanṭabria)
• German: Kantabrien (de) n
• Greek: Κανταβρία (Kantavría), Καντάμπρια (Kantámpria)
• Hungarian: Kantábria
• Italian: Cantabria f
• Occitan: Cantàbria f
• Polish: Kantabria (pl) f
• Portuguese: Cantábria (pt) f
• Russian: Канта́брия f (Kantábrija)
• Spanish: Cantabria (es) f
• Swedish: Kantabrien

References

• González Echegaray, J. (1993), Los Cántabros, Santander: Estvdio

Aragonese

Proper noun

Cantabria

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

Related terms

• cantabro

Asturian

Proper noun

Cantabria f

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

Related terms

• cántabru

Galician

Proper noun

Cantabria f

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

Related terms

• cantabro

Italian

Proper noun

Cantabria f

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

Related terms

• cantabrico

Latin

Proper noun

Cantabria f sg (genitive Cantabriae); first declension

1. Cantabria

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cantabria
Genitive	Cantabriae
Dative	Cantabriae
Accusative	Cantabriam
Ablative	Cantabriā
Vocative	Cantabria

Related terms

• Cantabrus
• cantabricus

References

• “Cantabria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Cantabria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtabɾja/ [kãn̪ˈt̪a.β̞ɾja]
• Rhymes: -abɾja
• Syllabification: Can‧ta‧bria

Proper noun

Cantabria f

1. Cantabria (an autonomous community and province of Spain; capital: Santander)

Related terms

• cantábrico
• cántabro

 

Further reading

• Cantabria on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es