Phazania

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Phazānia.

Proper noun

Phazania

1. (historical) Fezzan

Derived terms

• Phazanian

Translations

Translations

• French: Phazanie (fr) f
• Latin: Phazānia f
• Russian: Фаза́ния f (Fazánija)

Latin

Etymology

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Proper noun

Phazānia f sg (genitive Phazāniae); first declension

1. Fezzan (a region in southwestern Libya)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Phazānia
Genitive	Phazāniae
Dative	Phazāniae
Accusative	Phazāniam
Ablative	Phazāniā
Vocative	Phazānia

Derived terms

• Phazānii

Descendants

• → Arabic: فَزَّان (fazzān)
  • → Azerbaijani: Fəzzan
  • → Persian: فزان (fazzân)
  • → Punjabi: فَزّان (fazzān)
  • → Urdu: فَزّان (fazzān)
• → English: Phazania
• French: Phazanie
• → Russian: Фаза́ния (Fazánija)

References

• Phazania in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Phazania”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly