Placentia
See also: placentia
English
Etymology
The town in Newfoundland is likely named after the Basque town of Plentzia.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Placentia
- A city in Orange County, California, United States.
- A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /plaˈken.ti.a/, [pɫ̪äˈkɛn̪t̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /plaˈt͡ʃen.t͡si.a/, [pläˈt͡ʃɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
Proper noun
Placentia f sg (genitive Placentiae); first declension
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.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Basque
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɛnʃiə
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Cities in California, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Places in California, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador
- en:Towns in Canada
- en:Places in Newfoundland and Labrador
- en:Places in Canada
- Latin 4-syllable words
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- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
- Latin feminine nouns
- la:Cities in Italy
- la:Places in Italy