Turcia

Latin

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek Τουρκίᾱ (Tourkíā, “Turkey”), itself being Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos) (borrowed into Latin as Turcus (“A Turk, Turkish”), see there for further etymology) with suffix -ίᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.ki.a/, [ˈt̪ʊrkiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.t͡ʃi.a/, [ˈt̪urt͡ʃiä]

Proper noun

Turcia f sg (genitive Turciae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Turkey (a country located in eastern Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Turcia
genitive	Turciae
dative	Turciae
accusative	Turciam
ablative	Turciā
vocative	Turcia
locative	Turciae

Related terms

• turcicus

Descendants

• → Aragonese: Turquía
• → Aromanian: Turchia
• → Basque: Turkia
• → Breton: Turkia
• → Catalan: Turquia
• → French: Turquie
• → Galician: Turquía
• → German: Türkei
• → Irish: Tuirc
• → Istriot: Turcheîa
• → Italian: Turchia
• → Norman: Turtchie, Turquie, Turqùie
• → Portuguese: Turquia
• → Romanian: Turcia
• → Romansch: Tirchia, Terchia, Tertgia, Tertgeia, Türchia
• → Sicilian: Turchìa
• → Spanish: Turquía
  • → Tagalog: Turkiya

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin Turcia. By surface analysis, turc +‎ -ia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [turtʃjˈa]

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Proper noun

Turcia f

1. Turkey (a country located in eastern Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	Turcie	Turcia
genitive-dative	Turcii	Turciei
vocative	Turcie, Turcio

Related terms

• turc
• turcesc
• turcește
• turcic
• turcism
• turcit
• turcoaică
• turcolog
• turcologie

See also

• (countries of Europe) țările Europei; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaidjan, Belarus, Belgia, Bosnia și Herțegovina, Bulgaria, Cehia, Cipru, Croația, Danemarca, Elveția, Estonia, Finlanda, Franța, Georgia, Germania, Grecia, Irlanda, Islanda, Italia, Kazahstan, Letonia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxemburg, Macedonia de Nord, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Muntenegru, Norvegia, Polonia, Portugalia, Regatul Unit, România, Rusia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovacia, Slovenia, Spania, Suedia, Turcia, Țările de Jos, Ucraina, Ungaria, Vatican ^{(Category: ro:Countries in Europe)}