Cappadocia

English

Etymology

From Latin Cappadocia, from Ancient Greek Καππαδοκία (Kappadokía), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎫𐎱𐎬𐎢𐎣 (k-t-p-tu-u-k /⁠katpatuka⁠/).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kæpəˈdoʊʃə/, /-ˈdoʊkiə/
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Proper noun

Cappadocia

  1. An ancient region in central Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin Cappadocia, from Ancient Greek Καππαδοκία (Kappadokía), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎫𐎱𐎬𐎢𐎣 (k-t-p-tu-u-k /⁠katpatuka⁠/).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kap.paˈdɔ.t͡ʃa/
  • Rhymes: -ɔtʃa
  • Hyphenation: Cap‧pa‧dò‧cia

Proper noun

Cappadocia f

  1. Cappadocia (region in Asia Minor, first a country and then a Roman province)
  • cappadoce

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Καππαδοκία (Kappadokía), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎫𐎱𐎬𐎢𐎣 (k-t-p-tu-u-k /⁠katpatuka⁠/).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cappadocia f sg (genitive Cappadociae); first declension

  1. Cappadocia (region in Asia Minor, first a country and then a Roman province)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Cappadocia
Genitive Cappadociae
Dative Cappadociae
Accusative Cappadociam
Ablative Cappadociā
Vocative Cappadocia

References

  • Cappadocia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Cappadocia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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