Antiochia

English

Etymology

From Latin Antiochīa (Antioch), from Ancient Greek Ἀντιόχεια (Antiókheia), from Ἀντιόχος (Antiókhos, Antiochus) + -εια (-eia, ia: forming place names), after various members of the Seleucid dynasty.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æntiˈɒkiə/

Proper noun

Antiochia (uncountable)

  1. (historical) Synonym of Antioch, various former cities in Southwest Asia.
  2. (historical) Synonym of Antioch, a former country in the Middle East, a Crusader state centered on Antakya.

References

  • Walker, John (1839) “Antiochia”, in A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Antiochīa.

Proper noun

Antiochia f

  1. Antioch (an ancient Greco-Roman city in modern Turkey)

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀντιόχεια (Antiókheia).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Antiochīa f sg (genitive Antiochīae); first declension

  1. Antioch (an ancient Greco-Roman city in modern Turkey)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Antiochīa
Genitive Antiochīae
Dative Antiochīae
Accusative Antiochīam
Ablative Antiochīā
Vocative Antiochīa
Locative Antiochīae

Descendants

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