Apulia

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See also: Apúlia

English

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Etymology

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From Latin Āpūlia.

Proper noun

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Apulia

  1. A peninsula and administrative region in southern Italy.

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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

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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

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First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Āpūlia
Genitive Āpūliae
Dative Āpūliae
Accusative Āpūliam
Ablative Āpūliā
Vocative Āpūlia

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Italian: Puglia

References

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Further reading

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

Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin Āpūlia.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Apulia f

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

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Further reading

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  • Apulia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

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Proper noun

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Apulia f

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