justicia

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See also: Justicia and justícia

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

jūsticia f (genitive jūsticiae); first declension

  1. Alternative spelling of iustitia

Old Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin iūstitia (justice).

Noun[edit]

justicia f (nominative singular justicia)

  1. justice

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin iūstitia (justice).[1][2] Compare also justeza.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /xusˈtiθja/ [xusˈt̪i.θja]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /xusˈtisja/ [xusˈt̪i.sja]
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -iθja
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -isja
  • Syllabification: jus‧ti‧cia

Noun[edit]

justicia f (plural justicias)

  1. justice
  2. righteousness
  3. the law

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Tagalog: hustisya

References[edit]

  1. ^ Real Academia Española
  2. ^ “Notes on the Development of -kj-,-tj- in Spanish and Portuguese”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2012 February 6 (last accessed), archived from the original on 7 February 2012

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