ciudadanía

Asturian

Etymology

From ciudadanu +‎ -ía.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θjudadaˈnia/ [θju.ð̞a.ð̞aˈni.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: ciu‧da‧da‧ní‧a

Noun

ciudadanía f (plural ciudadaníes)

1. citizenship (state of being a citizen)

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱey-der.

Proto-Italic *keiwis

Latin ceivis

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Proto-Italic *-tāts

Latin -tās

Latin ceivitās

Latin cīvitātem

Old Spanish cibdat

Spanish ciudad

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin -ānus

Spanish -ano

Spanish ciudadano

Spanish -ía

Spanish ciudadanía

From ciudadano + -ía.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θjudadaˈnia/ [θju.ð̞a.ð̞aˈni.a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /sjudadaˈnia/ [sju.ð̞a.ð̞aˈni.a] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: ciu‧da‧da‧ní‧a

Noun

ciudadanía f (plural ciudadanías)

1. citizenship
2. citizenry

Derived terms

• carta de ciudadanía

Further reading

• “ciudadanía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025