Vasconia

Latin

Ancient Vasconia, the area of Roman Spain inhabited by the Vascones

Medieval Gascony in its widest sense

Modern Basque Country with 1991 poll results regarding Basque self-identification (green=yes).

Alternative forms

• Gasconia, Wasconia

Etymology

From Vasconēs +‎ -ia, from Ancient Greek Οὐασκώνων (Ouaskṓnōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [wasˈkɔ.ni.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [vasˈkɔː.ni.a]

Proper noun

Vasconia f sg (genitive Vasconiae); first declension

1. (historical) Vasconia (region inhabited by the Vascones in northeastern Roman Spain)
2. (Medieval Latin, historical) Gascony (a duchy of England), sometimes used vaguely in reference to all English holdings in present-day France
3. (Medieval Latin) Gascony (a duchy, province, and region of France)
4. (Medieval Latin) Basque Country (a cultural region that straddles the border of Spain and France, where the Basque language is traditionally spoken)
5. (New Latin) Basque Country (an autonomous community in northern Spain)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Vasconia
genitive	Vasconiae
dative	Vasconiae
accusative	Vasconiam
ablative	Vasconiā
vocative	Vasconia
locative	Vasconiae

Descendants

• Old French: Gascoigne
  • English: Gascony, Gascoigne
  • Middle French: Gascoigne
    • French: Gascogne
      • → Swedish: Gascogne
  • Norman: Gascongne

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /basˈkonja/ [basˈko.nja]
• Rhymes: -onja
• Syllabification: Vas‧co‧nia

Proper noun

Vasconia f

1. (chiefly historical) land of the Vascones