"Dalmatia" meaning in Latin

See Dalmatia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [daɫˈma.ti.a] [Classical-Latin], [dalˈmat.t͡si.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From the Dalmatae. Believed to be borrowed from Illyrian, akin to Albanian delmë, dele (“sheep”). The toponym Delminium has the same origin. Etymology templates: {{bor|la|xil|-}} Illyrian, {{cog|sq|delmë}} Albanian delmë Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Dalmatia<1>}} Dalmatia f sg (genitive Dalmatiae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Dalmatia<1>}} Forms: Dalmatiae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Dalmatia [nominative, singular], Dalmatiae [genitive, singular], Dalmatiae [dative, singular], Dalmatiam [accusative, singular], Dalmatiā [ablative, singular], Dalmatia [singular, vocative], Delmatia [alternative]
  1. Dalmatia (a historical region of Croatia, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea) Tags: declension-1, feminine, singular Categories (place): Places in Croatia
    Sense id: en-Dalmatia-la-name-6xsBa7eh Categories (other): Geographic and cultural areas of Croatia
  2. (historical) Dalmatia (a province of the Roman Empire) Tags: declension-1, feminine, historical, singular Categories (place): Places in the Roman Empire, Provinces of the Roman Empire
    Sense id: en-Dalmatia-la-name-h5vOIkYA Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 32 68

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "Dalmàcia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Dalmatian",
      "lang_code": "dlm",
      "word": "Dalmazia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "lang_code": "got",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed",
        "uncertain"
      ],
      "roman": "dalmatia",
      "word": "𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌰"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "Dalmazia"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
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          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "word": "Dalmatie"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle French",
      "lang_code": "frm",
      "word": "Dalmatie"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "Dalmácia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "lang_code": "rgn",
      "word": "Dalmàzia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "Dalmația"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "Dalmacia"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "Dalmatae",
      "Dalmatae"
    ],
    [
      "delmë",
      "delmë#Albanian"
    ],
    [
      "dele",
      "dele#Albanian"
    ],
    [
      "Delminium",
      "Delminium#Latin"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "xil",
        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "delmë"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian delmë",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the Dalmatae. Believed to be borrowed from Illyrian, akin to Albanian delmë, dele (“sheep”). The toponym Delminium has the same origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Dalmatiae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dalmatia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dalmatiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dalmatiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dalmatiam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dalmatiā",
      "links": [
        [
          "Dalmatiā",
          "Dalmatia#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dalmatia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Delmatia",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Dalmatia<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "Dalmatia f sg (genitive Dalmatiae); first declension",
      "name": "la-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Dalmatia<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Geographic and cultural areas of Croatia",
          "orig": "la:Geographic and cultural areas of Croatia",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Places in Croatia",
          "orig": "la:Places in Croatia",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Dalmatia (a historical region of Croatia, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Dalmatia-la-name-6xsBa7eh",
      "links": [
        [
          "Dalmatia",
          "Dalmatia#English:_Q528042"
        ],
        [
          "Croatia",
          "Croatia#English"
        ],
        [
          "coast",
          "coast"
        ],
        [
          "Adriatic Sea",
          "Adriatic Sea"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Places in the Roman Empire",
          "orig": "la:Places in the Roman Empire",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "la",
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          "parents": [
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            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "Dalmatia (a province of the Roman Empire)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Dalmatia-la-name-h5vOIkYA",
      "links": [
        [
          "Dalmatia",
          "Dalmatia#English:_Q1330965"
        ],
        [
          "province",
          "province"
        ],
        [
          "Roman Empire",
          "Roman Empire#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) Dalmatia (a province of the Roman Empire)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine",
        "historical",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[daɫˈma.ti.a]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[dalˈmat.t͡si.a]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Dalmatia"
}
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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin proper nouns",
    "Latin terms borrowed from Illyrian",
    "Latin terms derived from Illyrian",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "Dalmàcia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Dalmatian",
      "lang_code": "dlm",
      "word": "Dalmazia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "lang_code": "got",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed",
        "uncertain"
      ],
      "roman": "dalmatia",
      "word": "𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌰"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "Dalmazia"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "word": "Dalmatie"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle French",
      "lang_code": "frm",
      "word": "Dalmatie"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "Dalmácia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "lang_code": "rgn",
      "word": "Dalmàzia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "Dalmația"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "Dalmacia"
    }
  ],
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    [
      "Dalmatae",
      "Dalmatae"
    ],
    [
      "delmë",
      "delmë#Albanian"
    ],
    [
      "dele",
      "dele#Albanian"
    ],
    [
      "Delminium",
      "Delminium#Latin"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the Dalmatae. Believed to be borrowed from Illyrian, akin to Albanian delmë, dele (“sheep”). The toponym Delminium has the same origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Dalmatiae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dalmatia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dalmatiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dalmatiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dalmatiam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dalmatiā",
      "links": [
        [
          "Dalmatiā",
          "Dalmatia#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dalmatia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Delmatia",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Dalmatia<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "Dalmatia f sg (genitive Dalmatiae); first declension",
      "name": "la-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Dalmatia<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "name",
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    {
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        "la:Geographic and cultural areas of Croatia",
        "la:Places in Croatia"
      ],
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        "Dalmatia (a historical region of Croatia, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea)"
      ],
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          "Dalmatia",
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        ],
        [
          "Croatia",
          "Croatia#English"
        ],
        [
          "coast",
          "coast"
        ],
        [
          "Adriatic Sea",
          "Adriatic Sea"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        "la:Places in the Roman Empire",
        "la:Provinces of the Roman Empire"
      ],
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        "Dalmatia (a province of the Roman Empire)"
      ],
      "links": [
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        ],
        [
          "province",
          "province"
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        [
          "Roman Empire",
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        ]
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      ],
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[daɫˈma.ti.a]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[dalˈmat.t͡si.a]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}

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