Arica

See also: -arica

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Rómulo Cúneo Vidal said that the word comes from Aymara ari (crag) + iqui (place to sleep). Manuel A. Quiroga said that the word comes from ari (phylum) + aka (tip). Carlos Auza Arce said that it comes from ari (hill) + acca (neighboring).

Proper noun

Arica

A province in northern Chile.
A commune and port city, the capital of the province of Arica, Chile.

Translations

Chilean city

Arabic: أَرِيكَا f (ʔarīkā)
Bulgarian: Ари́ка f (Aríka)
Greek: Αρίκα f (Aríka)
Hebrew: אריקה f
Japanese: アリカ (Arika)
Portuguese: Arica f
Quechua: Arika
Russian: Ари́ка (ru) f (Aríka)
Spanish: Arica (es) f
Turkish: Arica
Ukrainian: Арі́ка f (Aríka)

Anagrams

Arcia, Caria, Ciara, acari

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾi.kɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾi.ka/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾi.kɐ/

Hyphenation: A‧ri‧ca

Proper noun

Arica f

Arica (a province in northern Chile)
Arica (a city, the provincial capital of Arica, Chile)

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈɾika/ [aˈɾi.ka]
Rhymes: -ika
Syllabification: A‧ri‧ca

Proper noun

Arica m

Arica (a province in northern Chile)
Arica (a city, the provincial capital of Arica, Chile)
(historical) A department of Chile

Derived terms

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