Turcia

Latin

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek Τουρκίᾱ (Tourkíā, Turkey), itself being Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos) (borrowed into Latin as Turcus (A Turk, Turkish), see there for further etymology) with suffix -ίᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Turcia f sg (genitive Turciae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Turkey (A country at the intersection of Southeast Europe and West Asia on the Mediterranean)

Declension

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Descendants

Romanian

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Turcia f

  1. Turkey (A country at the intersection of Southeast Europe and West Asia on the Mediterranean)
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