capitanía

See also: capitania and capitânia

Spanish

Etymology

From capitán +‎ -ía.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kapitaˈnia/ [ka.pi.t̪aˈni.a]
Rhymes: -ia
Syllabification: ca‧pi‧ta‧ní‧a

Noun

capitanía f (plural capitanías)

(military) company (unit of soldiers)
- 2015 December 9, “El principal valor radica en el ser humano › Cuba › Granma - Órgano oficial del PCC”, in Granma‎:
  Entonces, avisaron al oficial de guardia superior de la capitanía del puerto de Mariel.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

“capitanía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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