Cerdanya
English
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Etymology
editBorrowed from Catalan Cerdanya.
Proper noun
editCerdanya
- A historical region in Catalonia
Translations
edithistorical region
Further reading
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editCatalan
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin Ceretania, referring to the local pre-Roman tribe of the Ceretani, probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, perhaps Iberian or Basque (compare harri (“hard, stone, rock”)).[1]
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editCerdanya
- Cerdanya (a historical region of Catalonia currently divided between the provinces of Lleida and Girona in Spain and the Pyrénées-Orientales department in France)
Meronyms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Merino, A., Canal, J. d. l. (1819). De la santa iglesia de Gerona. Spain: (n.p.), p. 6
Further reading
edit- “Cerdanya” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cerdanya on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ca
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