Brescia

See also: Bréscia

English

Brescia

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Brescia, Lombard Brèsa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɹɛʃə/
  • Rhymes: -ɛʃə

Proper noun

Brescia (countable and uncountable, plural Brescias)

  1. A province of Lombardy, Italy.
  2. The capital city of Brescia province, Lombardy, Italy.
  3. A habitational surname from Italian.

Translations

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Brescia is the 17300th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1636 individuals. Brescia is most common among White (92.73%) individuals.

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Brescia

Etymology

From Lombard Brèsa, Latin Brixia, probably from a Gaulish/Celtic (Cisalpine) root meaning "hill".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbreʃ.ʃa/, /ˈbrɛʃ.ʃa/[1]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eʃʃa, -ɛʃʃa
  • Hyphenation: Bré‧scia, Brè‧scia

Proper noun

Brescia f

  1. Brescia (a province of Lombardy, Italy)
  2. Brescia (the capital city of Brescia province, Lombardy, Italy)

Proper noun

Brescia m or f by sense

  1. a habitational surname

Derived terms

References

  1. Brescia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Polish

Nocny widok na rozświetloną Nową Katedrę Brescii
A view at night of the illuminated New Cathedral of Brescia

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian Brescia, from Lombard Brèsa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɛʂ.ja/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛʂja
  • Syllabification: Bres‧cia

Proper noun

Brescia f

  1. Brescia (a province of Lombardy, Italy)
  2. Brescia (the capital city of Brescia province, Lombardy, Italy)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • bresciański
noun
  • brescianin

Further reading

  • Brescia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Proper noun

Brescia ?

  1. Brescia (a province of Lombardy, Italy)
  2. Brescia (the capital city of Brescia province, Lombardy, Italy)
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