Gipuzkoa

English

Alternative forms

• Guipúzcoa

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque Gipuzkoa.

Proper noun

Gipuzkoa

2. A province and historical region of the Basque Country, Spain. Capital: San Sebastián.
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Translations

province

• Basque: Gipuzkoa
• Catalan: Guipúscoa
• French: Guipuscoa (fr) m
• Galician: Guipúscoa (gl) f
• Marathi: गिपुसकोआ (gipuskoā)
• Portuguese: Guipúscoa (pt)
• Spanish: Guipúzcoa (es) f

Basque

Etymology

First attested as Ipuscua in 1025, itself maybe from iputz +‎ ko in the absolutive singular form. This seems to match the etymology proposed by Koldo Mitxelena, except that he gives giputz (“Gipuzkoan”) as the first element. But the relation between the two words is complex, giputz could be derivated from iputz given that it is only attested since the XVIII century. Nevertheless it can also be an alternative form used in the region or also a back-formation from the region name.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡipus̻koa/ [ɡi.pus̻.ko.a]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /ɡipus̻koa/ [ɡi.pus̻.ko.a]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /ɡipus̺koa/ [ɡi.pus̺.ko.a]

• Rhymes: -oa, -a
• Hyphenation: Gi‧puz‧ko‧a

Proper noun

Gipuzkoa inan

1. Gipuzkoa (a province and historical region of the Basque Country, Spain)

Declension

Declension of Gipuzkoa (inan a-stem)

	indefinite
absolutive	Gipuzkoa
ergative	Gipuzkoak
dative	Gipuzkoari
genitive	Gipuzkoaren
comitative	Gipuzkoarekin
causative	Gipuzkoarengatik
benefactive	Gipuzkoarentzat
instrumental	Gipuzkoaz
inessive	Gipuzkoan
locative	Gipuzkoako
allative	Gipuzkoara
terminative	Gipuzkoaraino
directive	Gipuzkoarantz
destinative	Gipuzkoarako
ablative	Gipuzkoatik
partitive	Gipuzkoarik
prolative	Gipuzkoatzat

Derived terms

• gipuzkera
• gipuzkeratu
• gipuzkoar

References

• “Gipuzkoa”, in Euskal Onomastikaren Datutegia [Basque Onomastic Database], Euskaltzaindia