Narnia

English

Etymology

Named by C. S. Lewis after the Latin name of the Italian town of Narni.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɑː(ɹ).ni.ə/

Proper noun

Narnia

  1. (fantasy) A land in which a series of seven children's books, The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis are set.

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Latin

Proper noun

Nārnia f sg (genitive Nārniae); first declension

  1. Narni (a city in Italy)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Nārnia
Genitive Nārniae
Dative Nārniae
Accusative Nārniam
Ablative Nārniā
Vocative Nārnia
Locative Nārniae

Descendants
  • Ancient Greek: Νάρνεια (Nárneia)
  • Italian: Narni

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