Alsàcia

See also: Alsacia, alsacià, and Alsácia

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Alsatia, from Old High German ali sazzo (inhabitant of the other) (referring to the opposite bank of the Rhine), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas (other) + *sittjan (inhabitant, literally sitter).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əlˈsa.si.ə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [alˈsa.si.a]
  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)

Proper noun

Alsàcia f

  1. Alsace (a cultural region, former administrative region and historical province of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est)

Derived terms