"Velia" meaning in All languages combined

See Velia on Wiktionary

Proper name [Latin]

IPA: [ˈwɛ.li.a] [Classical-Latin], [ˈvɛː.li.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Phocian Ϝέλᾱ (Wélā), cf. Ancient Greek Ἐλέα (Eléa). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|Ἐλέα}} Ancient Greek Ἐλέα (Eléa) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Velia<1.loc>}} Velia f sg (genitive Veliae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Velia<1.loc>}} Forms: Veliae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Velia [nominative, singular], Veliae [genitive, singular], Veliae [dative, singular], Veliam [accusative, singular], Veliā [ablative, singular], Velia [singular, vocative], Veliae [locative, singular]
  1. a Greek colony, situated on the shores of the Tyrrhenian Sea between Paestum and Buxentum Tags: declension-1, feminine, singular Derived forms: Veliēnsis

Proper name [Translingual]

Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=f|g2=|head=Velia|nogendercat=1}} Velia f
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Veliidae – riffle bugs, smaller water striders, broad-shouldered water striders. Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Velia-mul-name-XaWrp5P1 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Taxonomic names (genus) Hypernyms (genus): Eukaryota (english: superkingdom), Animalia (english: kingdom), Bilateria (english: subkingdom), Protostomia (english: infrakingdom), Ecdysozoa (english: superphylum), Arthropoda (english: phylum), Hexapoda (english: subphylum), Insecta [class], Pterygota (english: subclass), Neoptera (english: infraclass), Paraneoptera (english: superorder), Hemiptera (english: order), Heteroptera (english: suborder), Gerromorpha (english: infraorder), Gerroidea (english: superfamily), Veliidae (english: family), Microveliinae (english: subfamily), Microveliini (english: tribe) Derived forms: Austromicrovelia, Barbivelia, Drepanovelia, Lacertovelia, Mesovelia, Microvelia, Nesidiovelia, Pacificovelia, Paraphrynovelia, Petrovelia, Phoreticovelia
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