Alsacia

See also: alsacià, Alsácia, and Alsàcia

Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Alsatia, from Old High German ali sazzo (“inhabitant of the other”) (referring to the opposite bank of the Rhine), from Proto-Germanic *aljaz (“other”) + *sitjaną (“inhabitant”, literally “sitter”).

Pronunciation
  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /alˈsaθja/
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /alˈsasja/

Proper noun

Alsacia f

  1. Alsace (a region of France)
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