Vitoria-Gasteiz

Basque

Etymology

From Spanish Vitoria +‎ Gasteiz.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bitoɾia ɡas̺tei̯s̻/ [bi.t̪o.ɾi.a ɣ̞as̺.t̪ei̯s̻]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /bitoɾia ɡas̺tei̯s̻/ [bi.t̪o.ɾi.a ɣ̞as̺.t̪ei̯s̻]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /bitoɾia ɡas̺tei̯s̺/ [bi.t̪o.ɾi.a ɣ̞as̺.t̪ei̯s̺]

• Hyphenation: Vi‧to‧ria-Gas‧teiz

Proper noun

Vitoria-Gasteiz inan

1. Vitoria (a city in Spain)

   Synonyms: Gasteiz, Vitoria (archaic)

Usage notes

• This is the official name of the city (in Basque and Spanish), being mostly confined to official documents. Modern Basque virtually always uses Gasteiz, while older texts use Vitoria.

Declension

Declension of Vitoria-Gasteiz (inan C-stem)

	indefinite
absolutive	Vitoria-Gasteiz
ergative	Vitoria-Gasteizek
dative	Vitoria-Gasteizi
genitive	Vitoria-Gasteizen
comitative	Vitoria-Gasteizekin
causative	Vitoria-Gasteizengatik
benefactive	Vitoria-Gasteizentzat
instrumental	Vitoria-Gasteizez
inessive	Vitoria-Gasteizen
locative	Vitoria-Gasteizko, Vitoria-Gasteizeko
allative	Vitoria-Gasteizera
terminative	Vitoria-Gasteizeraino
directive	Vitoria-Gasteizerantz
destinative	Vitoria-Gasteizerako
ablative	Vitoria-Gasteiztik, Vitoria-Gasteizetik
partitive	Vitoria-Gasteizik
prolative	Vitoria-Gasteiztzat

References

• Patxi Salaberri Zaratiegi (2011), “Gasteiz”, in Araba/Álava: Los nombres de nuestros pueblos‎^[1] (in Spanish), Euskaltzaindia, →ISBN, page 196

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˌtoɾja ɡasˈteis/ [biˌt̪o.ɾja ɣ̞asˈt̪ei̯s]
• Syllabification: Vi‧to‧ria-Gas‧teiz

Proper noun

Vitoria-Gasteiz f

1. Vitoria (a city in Spain)

Usage notes

• This is the official name of the city (in Spanish and Basque), being mostly confined to official documents. Spanish speakers usually use Vitoria and more rarely Gasteiz.