Murcia

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See also: murcià and Múrcia

English

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Etymology

From Spanish Murcia.

Proper noun

Murcia

  1. An autonomous community and province in southeast Spain.
  2. The capital city of Murcia, Spain.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Aragonese

Proper noun

Murcia

  1. Murcia (an autonomous community and province in southeast Spain)
  2. Murcia (a city in Murcia, Spain)

Asturian

Proper noun

Murcia ?

  1. Murcia (an autonomous community and province in southeast Spain)
  2. Murcia (a city in Murcia, Spain)

Galician

Proper noun

Murcia f

  1. Murcia (an autonomous community and province in southeast Spain)
  2. Murcia (a city in Murcia, Spain)

Latin

Etymology

Unclear. Has been derived from myrtus (“myrtle”), from murcus or from Ancient Greek μύρκος (múrkos, “dumb”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Murcia f sg (genitive Murciae); first declension

  1. (Roman mythology) A surname of Venus

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Murcia
Genitive Murciae
Dative Murciae
Accusative Murciam
Ablative Murciā
Vocative Murcia

References

  • Murcia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

Various theories exist, the most common that it derived from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Myrta or Murtea, meaning the land of myrtle (see Latin myrta), or from Latin Murtia, from the name Murtius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈmuɾθja/ [ˈmuɾ.θja]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈmuɾsja/ [ˈmuɾ.sja]

Proper noun

Murcia f

  1. Murcia (an autonomous community and province of Spain; capital: Murcia)
  2. Murcia (a city in Spain)

Further reading

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