Caria

See also: caria, cariá, caría, and Cària

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κᾱρίᾱ (Kāríā).

Proper noun

Caria

1. A historical region in the southwest corner of Asia Minor.

Translations

a historical region in the southwest corner of Asia Minor

• Armenian: Կարիա (Karia)
• Czech: Kárie f
• Danish: Karien
• French: Carie (fr) f
• German: Karien (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient: Κᾱρίᾱ f (Kāríā)

• Irish: Cairia m

• Japanese: カリア (karia), カーリア (kāria)
• Latin: Cāria f
• Old Persian: 𐎣𐎼𐎣𐎠 (k-r-k-a /karka/)
• Polish: Karia (pl) f
• Romanian: Caria (ro) f
• Russian: Кария (ru) f (Karija)
• Spanish: Caria

Anagrams

• Arcia, Arica, Ciara, acari

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Cebuano

Etymology 1

Shortening of Macaria.

Proper noun

Caria

1. a nickname for Macaria
2. a female given name

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Κᾱρίᾱ (Kāríā).

Proper noun

Caria

1. (historical) Caria; a region in the southwest corner of Asia Minor

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Italian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Caria ?

1. A surname​.

Anagrams

• acari, arcai

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κᾱρίᾱ (Kāríā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.ri.a/, [ˈkäːriä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ri.a/, [ˈkäːriä]

Proper noun

Cāria f sg (genitive Cāriae); first declension

1. Caria

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cāria
Genitive	Cāriae
Dative	Cāriae
Accusative	Cāriam
Ablative	Cāriā
Vocative	Cāria

References

• “Caria”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• Caria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette