Placentia

See also: placentia

English

Etymology

The town in Newfoundland is likely named after the Basque town of Placencia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pləˈsɛnʃə/, /pləˈsɛnʃiə/
Hyphenation: Pla‧cen‧tia
Rhymes: -ɛnʃiə, -ɛnʃə

Proper noun

Placentia

A city in Orange County, California, United States.
A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Derived terms

Placentia Bay

Anagrams

analeptic, epicantal, El Capitan

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /plaˈken.ti.a/, [pɫ̪äˈkɛn̪t̪iä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /plaˈt͡ʃen.t͡si.a/, [pläˈt͡ʃɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Proper noun

Placentia f sg (genitive Placentiae); first declension

Piacenza (a city in Italy)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Placentia
Genitive	Placentiae
Dative	Placentiae
Accusative	Placentiam
Ablative	Placentiā
Vocative	Placentia
Locative	Placentiae

References

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

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