Valentia

Latin

Etymology

From valentia (competence, power, vigor).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Valentia f sg (genitive Valentiae); first declension

  1. The name of several settlements in the Roman world, including:
    1. Valencia (the capital city of the modern autonomous community of Valencia, Spain)
    2. Valencia, Valencian Community (an autonomous community of modern Spain)
    3. Valencia (a province of the modern autonomous community of Valencia, Spain)
    4. Valence (a city and commune, the capital of the modern Drôme department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, in southeastern France)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Valentia
Genitive Valentiae
Dative Valentiae
Accusative Valentiam
Ablative Valentiā
Vocative Valentia
Locative Valentiae

Descendants

  • French: Valence
  • Portuguese: Valença
  • Spanish: Valencia

References

  • Valentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Valentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.