Apulia

See also: Apúlia

English

Etymology

From Latin Āpūlia.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Apulia

  2. A peninsula and administrative region in southern Italy.

Synonyms

Meronyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

regions of Italyedit

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Appūlia

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”).[1]

Pronunciation

Note: although the more modern dictionaries mark the /u/ as short, it's in fact only attested as long; on the other hand, it's always short in the endonym Āpulus.

Proper noun

Āpūlia f sg (genitive Āpūliae); first declension

  1. a former province in lower Italy, to the north of Calabria and east of Samnium, now Italian Puglia
  2. (New Latin) Apulia (a peninsula and administrative region in southern Italy)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Āpūlia
genitive Āpūliae
dative Āpūliae
accusative Āpūliam
ablative Āpūliā
vocative Āpūlia

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: Puglia
  • Neapolitan: Pùglia
  • Sicilian: Pugghia
  • → Ancient Greek: Ἀπουλία (Apoulía)

See also

regions of Italy: regiōnēs Ī̆taliaeedit

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “ap-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 50-51

Further reading

  • “Apulia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Apulia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • “Apulia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish

Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin Āpūlia.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /aˈpu.lja/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ulja
    • Syllabification: A‧pu‧lia

    Proper noun

    Apulia f (related adjective apulijski or apulski)

    1. Apulia (a peninsula and administrative region in southern Italy)

    Declension

    Declension of Apulia
    singular
    nominative Apulia
    genitive Apulii
    dative Apulii
    accusative Apulię
    instrumental Apulią
    locative Apulii
    vocative Apulio

    Derived terms

    nouns
    • Apulijczyk
    • Apulijka

    See also

    regions of Italy: regiony Włochedit

    Further reading

    • “Apulia”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /aˈpulja/ [aˈpu.lja]
    • Rhymes: -ulja
    • Syllabification: A‧pu‧lia

    Proper noun

    Apulia f

    1. Apulia (a peninsula and administrative region in southern Italy)
      Synonym: Pulla
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