Valencia

See also: valencia, valencià, valência, València, and Valência

English

Etymology

From Spanish Valencia, from Latin Valentia, from valentia (“power, vigour”). Doublet of Valence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vəˈlɛnsi.ə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

Proper noun

Valencia

2. The capital city of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain.
   • 2026 October 3, Ella Kipling, “'Anger in the streets': Tens of thousands protest in Spain over housing crisis”, in BBC News‎^[1], archived from the original on 3 October 2026, retrieved 4 October 2026:

     About 50 marches took place on Saturday in cities including Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona.

4. An autonomous community of Spain; in full, Valencian Community.
6. A province of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain.
7. A town and municipality of Córdoba department, in northern Colombia.
8. The capital city of Valencia canton, Ecuador.
9. A canton of Los Ríos Province, Ecuador.
10. Several places in the Philippines:
    1. A barangay of Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
    2. A barangay of Tayabas, Quezon, Philippines.
    3. A barangay of Virac, Catanduanes, Philippines.
    4. A barangay of Miagao, Iloilo, Philippines.
    5. A barangay of Bais, Negros Oriental, Philippines.
    6. A municipality of Negros Oriental, Philippines.

       Coordinate terms: Amlan, Ayungon, Bacong, Bais, Basay, Bayawan, Bindoy, Canlaon, Dauin, Dumaguete, Guihulngan, Jimalalud, La Libertad, Mabinay, Manjuyod, Pamplona, San Jose, Santa Catalina, Siaton, Sibulan, Tanjay, Tayasan, Valencia, Vallehermoso, Zamboanguita — cities and municipalities of Negros Oriental

    7. A municipality of Bohol, Philippines.

       Coordinate terms: Alburquerque, Alicia, Anda, Antequera, Baclayon, Balilihan, Batuan, Bien Unido, Bilar, Buenavista, Calape, Candijay, Carmen, Catigbian, Clarin, Corella, Cortes, Dagohoy, Danao, Dauis, Dimiao, Duero, Garcia Hernandez, Getafe, Guindulman, Inabanga, Jagna, Lila, Loay, Loboc, Loon, Mabini, Maribojoc, Panglao, Pilar, President Carlos P. Garcia, Sagbayan, San Isidro, San Miguel, Sevilla, Sierra Bullones, Sikatuna, Tagbilaran, Talibon, Trinidad, Tubigon, Ubay, Valencia — city and municipalities of Bohol

    8. A barangay of Alegria, Cebu, Philippines.
    9. A barangay of Carcar, Cebu, Philippines.
    10. A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
    11. A city in Bukidnon, Philippines.

        Coordinate terms: Baungon, Cabanglasan, Damulog, Dangcagan, Don Carlos, Impasugong, Kadingilan, Kalilangan, Kibawe, Kitaotao, Lantapan, Libona, Malaybalay, Malitbog, Manolo Fortich, Maramag, Pangantucan, Quezon, San Fernando, Sumilao, Talakag, Valencia — cities and municipalities of Bukidnon

    12. A barangay of Lingig, Surigao del Sur, Philippines.
    13. A barangay of Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands, Philippines.
11. An area of the barrio of Universidad in the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
12. A town in northeastern Trinidad island, Trinidad and Tobago.
13. Several places in the United States:
    1. A neighborhood of the city of Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, California.
    2. A census-designated place in Valencia County, New Mexico.
    3. A borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania.
15. The capital city of the state of Carabobo, Venezuela.
16. A female given name.
17. A habitational surname from Spanish.

Derived terms

• valencene
• valenciachrome
• Valencian

Related terms

• Bag-ong Valencia
• East Valencia
• New Valencia
• Nueva Valencia
• Valencia County
• Valencia Creek
• Valencia de Alcántara
• Valencia orange

Translations

capital of the Valencian Community

• Arabic: فَالِنْسِيَا f (falinsiyā), بَلِنْسِيَة f (balinsiya)

  Hijazi Arabic: بلنسية f (balinsiya)

• Armenian: Վալենսիա (Valensia)
• Basque: Valentzia
• Breton: València f, Valencia f
• Bulgarian: Вале́нсия f (Valénsija)
• Catalan: València (ca) f
• Cebuano: Valencia
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴倫西亞 / 巴伦西亚 (zh) (Bālúnxīyà)

• Czech: Valencie (cs) f
• Danish: Valencia
• Dutch: Valencia (nl) n
• Esperanto: Valencio
• Estonian: Valencia
• Finnish: Valencia (fi)
• French: Valence (fr) f
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Falinsia n

• Galician: Valencia (gl) f
• Georgian: ვალენსია (valensia)
• German: Valencia (de) n
• Greek: Βαλένθια (el) f (Valénthia)
• Hungarian: Valencia (hu)
• Italian: Valencia (it) f
• Japanese: バレンシア (Barenshia)
• Korean: 발렌시아 (Ballensia)
• Latin: Valentia f
• Latvian: Valensija f
• Lithuanian: Valensija f
• Macedonian: Валенсија f (Valensija)
• Marathi: व्हलेंसिया (vhaleusiyā), बालेंस्या (bāleusyā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Valencia

  Nynorsk: Valencia

• Occitan: Valéncia (oc) f
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: Valensyaa
• Polish: Walencja (pl)
• Portuguese: Valência (pt) f
• Romanian: Valencia f
• Russian: Вале́нсия (ru) f (Valénsija)
• Sardinian: Valentzia f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Валенсија f

  Latin: Valencija f

• Slovak: Valencia f
• Slovene: Valencija f
• Spanish: Valencia (es) f
• Swedish: Valencia (sv)
• Tagalog: Valencia
• Turkish: Valensiya
• Ukrainian: Вале́нсія f (Valénsija)

city in Venezuela

• Bulgarian: Вале́нсия f (Valénsija)
• Catalan: Valencia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴倫西亞 / 巴伦西亚 (zh) (Bālúnxīyà)

• French: Valencia (fr) f
• Italian: Valencia (it) f
• Japanese: バレンシア (Barenshia)
• Marathi: बालेंस्या (bāleusyā)
• Portuguese: Valência (pt) f
• Russian: Вале́нсия (ru) f (Valénsija)
• Spanish: Valencia (es) f
• Swedish: Valencia (sv)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Valencia is the 475^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 70,000 individuals. Valencia is most common among Hispanic/Latino (89.23%) individuals.

Noun

Valencia (plural Valencias)

1. A kind of sweet orange.
2. Any of various cocktails made with orange juice.
   • 2002, J. Lilly, Wise Hyenas, page 16:

     […] while Charles whistlingly assembles an exotic cocktail at the counter of the make-believe kitchen.
     'What's up, Chas?' Sage asks, not quite suspicious.
     'Nothin'. Just whippin' up some Valencias.'

Anagrams

• valiance

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Valencia.

Proper noun

Valencia

1. a surname from Spanish
2. Valencia (the capital city of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain)
3. Valencia, Valencian Community (an autonomous community of Spain; in full, Valencian Community)
4. Valencia (a province of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain)
5. several places in the Philippines:
   1. Valencia (a municipality of Bohol, Philippines)
   2. Valencia (a city in Bukidnon, Philippines)
   3. Valencia (a barangay of the municipality of Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands, Philippines)
   4. Valencia (a municipality of Negros Oriental, Philippines)

Galician

Alternative forms

• Valência (reintegrationist)

Proper noun

Valencia ?

1. Valencia (the capital city of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain)
2. Valencia, Valencian Community (an autonomous community of Spain; in full, Valencian Community)
3. Valencia (a province of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain)

Related terms

• valenciano

Italian

Proper noun

Valencia f

1. Valencia (the capital city of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain)
2. Valencia, Valencian Community (an autonomous community of Spain; in full, Valencian Community)
3. Valencia (a province of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain)

Derived terms

• valenciano

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Val. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin Valentia

Catalan Valènciabor.

Spanish Valencia

Borrowed from Catalan València, from Latin Valentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlenθja/ [baˈlẽn̟.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /baˈlensja/ [baˈlẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Peru):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -enθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: Va‧len‧cia

Proper noun

Valencia f

1. Valencia (the capital city of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain)
2. Valencia, Valencian Community (an autonomous community of Spain; in full, Valencian Community)
3. Valencia (a province of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain)
4. the letter V in the Spanish spelling alphabet
5. a surname transferred from the place name

Derived terms

• estar en la luna de Valencia
• Valencia del Mombuey
• valenciano

Related terms

• valentía
• valiente

Descendants

• → Cebuano: Valencia
• Chinese:
  • → Mandarin: 巴倫西亞 / 巴伦西亚 (Bālúnxīyà) (transliteration)
• → English: Valencia
• → Tagalog: Valencia
• → Turkish: Valensiya

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin Valentia

Catalan Valènciabor.

Spanish Valenciabor.

Tagalog Valencia

Borrowed from Spanish Valencia, borrowed from Catalan València.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /vaˈlensija/ [vɐˈlɛn̪.ʃɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /baˈlensija/ [bɐˈlɛn̪.ʃɐ], (with nativization, no palatal assimilation) /baˈlensija/ [bɐˈlɛn̪.sjɐ]
• Rhymes: -ensija
• Syllabification: Va‧len‧ci‧a

Proper noun

Valénciá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

1. several places in the Philippines
   1. Valencia (a city in Bukidnon, Philippines)
   2. Valencia (a municipality of Bohol, Philippines)
   3. Valencia (a municipality of Negros Oriental, Philippines)
   4. Valencia (a barangay of New Manila district, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines)
   5. Valencia (a barangay of Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands, Philippines)
2. a surname from Spanish [in turn transferred from the place name]
3. Valencia (the capital city of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain)
4. Valencia, Valencian Community (an autonomous community of Spain; in full, Valencian Community)
5. Valencia (a province of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain)

Related terms

• arroz valenciana
• Valenciano