Nueva Ecija

See also: Nueva Écija

English

Etymology

From Spanish Nueva Écija. Named after Écija in Seville, Spain.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌnweɪvɑ ˈeɪsihɑ/, /ˈɛ-/
• (Philippine) IPA^(key): /ˌnwɛvɐ ɛˈsihɐ/, [ˌnwɛbɐ ɛˈsihɐ]

Proper noun

Nueva Ecija

1. A province of the Philippines. Capital: Palayan. Largest city: Cabanatuan.

Translations

province of the Philippines

• Cebuano: Nueva Ecija
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 新怡詩夏／新怡诗夏 (Sin Î-si-hā)

  Mandarin: 新怡詩夏／新怡诗夏 (Xīn Yíshīxià)

• Ilocano: Nueva Ecija
• Japanese: ヌエヴァ・エシハ (Nueva Eshiha), ヌエバエシハ (Nueba Eshiha)
• Kapampangan: Nueva Ecija
• Korean: 누에바에시하 (nueba'esiha)
• Russian: Нуэва-Эсиха (Nueva-Esixa)
• Spanish: Nueva Écija
• Tagalog: Nueva Ecija
• Ukrainian: Нуева Есіха (Nueva Esixa)

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Nueva Écija. Named after Écija in Seville, Spain.

Proper noun

Nueva Ecija

1. Nueva Ecija (a province of the Philippines)

Tagalog

Map of the location of Nueva Ecija in the Philippines

Alternative forms

• Nueba Esiha — obsolete

Etymology

From Spanish Nueva Écija (“New Écija”), from Écija (“city in Seville, Spain”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /nuˌeva ʔeˈsiha/, [ˌnwɛ.vɐ ʔɛˈsi.hɐ]
  • IPA^(key): /nuˌeba ʔeˈsiha/, [ˌnwɛ.bɐ ʔɛˈsi.hɐ] (more native-sounding)
• Rhymes: -iha
• Syllabification: Nu‧e‧va E‧ci‧ja

Proper noun

Nueva Ecija (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜓᜏᜒᜊ ᜁᜐᜒᜑ)

1. Nueva Ecija (a province of Central Luzon, Philippines)

See also

• Pinagpanaan