Alsacia

See also: alsacià, Alsácia, and Alsàcia

Galician

Proper noun

Alsacia

  1. Alsace (a historical region in France)

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Alsatia, from Old High German ali sazzo (“inhabitant of the other”) (referring to the opposite bank of the Rhine), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas (“other”) + *sittjan (“inhabitant”, literally “sitter”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /alˈsaθja/ [alˈsa.θja]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /alˈsasja/ [alˈsa.sja]
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -aθja
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -asja
  • Syllabification: Al‧sa‧cia

Proper noun

Alsacia f

  1. Alsace (a historical region in France)

Derived terms
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