Liguria

See also: ligúria, Ligùria, Ligúria, Ligûria, and Łiguria

English

Etymology

From Occitan Ligúria, from Latin Liguria, from Ancient Greek Λίγυς (Lígus).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /lɪˈɡjʊəɹiə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /lɪˈɡjʊɹiə/

Proper noun

Liguria

2. An administrative region of northwest Italy.

Meronyms

• Cinque Terre
• Genoa
• Imperia
• La Spezia
• Riviera di Levante
• Riviera di Ponente
• Savona

Derived terms

• Ligurian

Translations

region

• Arabic: لِيغُورْيَا f (līḡūryā)
• Armenian: Լիգուրիա (hy) (Liguria)
• Bulgarian: Лигу́рия f (Ligúrija)
• Catalan: Ligúria f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 利古里亞 / 利古里亚 (zh) (Lìgǔlǐyà)

• Czech: Ligurie f
• Danish: Ligurien c
• Dutch: Ligurië (nl)
• Finnish: Liguria (fi)
• French: Ligurie (fr) f
• Friulian: Ligurie f
• Galician: Liguria (gl)
• Georgian: ლიგურია (liguria)
• German: Ligurien (de) n
• Greek: Λιγουρία f (Ligouría)
• Hindi: लिग्यूरिया m (ligyūriyā)
• Hungarian: Liguria (hu)
• Italian: Liguria (it) f
• Japanese: リグーリア州 (リグーリアしゅう, Rigūria shū)
• Latin: Liguria f
• Ligurian: Ligûria f
• Lithuanian: Ligū̃rija f
• Macedonian: Лигурија f (Ligurija)
• Mingrelian: ლიგურია (liguria)
• Occitan: Ligúria
• Persian: لیگوریا f (liguriyâ)
• Polish: Liguria (pl) f
• Portuguese: Ligúria (pt) f
• Russian: Лигу́рия (ru) f (Ligúrija)
• Spanish: Liguria
• Swedish: Ligurien n
• Ukrainian: Лігу́рія f (Lihúrija)

See also

regions of Italyedit

• Abruzzo
• Apulia
• Basilicata
• Calabria
• Campania
• Emilia-Romagna
• Friuli-Venezia Giulia
• Lazio
• Liguria
• Lombardy
• Marche
• Molise
• Piedmont
• Sardinia
• Sicily
• Trentino-Alto Adige
• Tuscany
• Umbria
• Valle d'Aosta
• Veneto

Galician

Alternative forms

• Ligúria (reintegrationist)

Proper noun

Liguria ?

1. Liguria (an administrative region of northwest Italy)

Related terms

• lígur

Hungarian

Liguria

Etymology

From Italian Liguria (“Liguria”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈliɡuːrijɒ]
• Hyphenation: Li‧gu‧ria
• Rhymes: -jɒ

Proper noun

Liguria

1. Liguria (an administrative region of northwest Italy)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Liguria	—
accusative	Liguriát	—
dative	Liguriának	—
instrumental	Liguriával	—
causal-final	Liguriáért	—
translative	Liguriává	—
terminative	Liguriáig	—
essive-formal	Liguriaként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Liguriában	—
superessive	Ligurián	—
adessive	Liguriánál	—
illative	Liguriába	—
sublative	Liguriára	—
allative	Liguriához	—
elative	Liguriából	—
delative	Liguriáról	—
ablative	Liguriától	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	Liguriáé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	Liguriáéi	—

Possessive forms of Liguria

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Liguriám	—
2nd person sing.	Liguriád	—
3rd person sing.	Liguriája	—
1st person plural	Liguriánk	—
2nd person plural	Liguriátok	—
3rd person plural	Liguriájuk	—

Derived terms

• liguriai

Related terms

• ligur
• liguriánus

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Liguria, from Ancient Greek Λίγυς (Lígus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈɡu.rja/
• Rhymes: -urja
• Hyphenation: Li‧gù‧ria

Proper noun

Liguria f

1. Liguria (an administrative region of northwest Italy)

Related terms

• ligure

See also

regions of Italy: regioni d'Italiaedit

• Abruzzo
• Basilicata
• Calabria
• Campania
• Emilia-Romagna
• Friuli-Venezia Giulia
• Lazio
• Liguria
• Lombardia
• Marche
• Molise
• Piemonte
• Puglia
• Sardegna
• Sicilia
• Toscana
• Trentino-Alto Adige
• Umbria
• Valle d'Aosta
• Veneto

Latin

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek Λίγυς (Lígus)der.

Latin Ligur

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin Liguria

From Ligur + -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [lɪˈɡʊ.ri.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [liˈɡuː.ri.a]

Proper noun

Liguria f sg (genitive Liguriae); first declension

1. (historical) a region of Italy
2. (New Latin) Liguria (an administrative region of northwest Italy)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Liguria
genitive	Liguriae
dative	Liguriae
accusative	Liguriam
ablative	Liguriā
vocative	Liguria

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [lɪˈɡʊ.ri.aː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [liˈɡuː.ri.a]

Proper noun

Liguriā f

1. ablative of Liguria

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek Λίγυς (Lígus)der.

Latin Ligur

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin Ligurialbor.

Polish Liguria

From Latin Liguria, from Ancient Greek Λίγυς (Lígus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈɡu.rja/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -urja
• Syllabification: Li‧gu‧ria

Proper noun

Liguria f (related adjective liguryjski)

1. Liguria (an administrative region of northwest Italy)

Declension

Declension of Liguria

	singular
nominative	Liguria
genitive	Ligurii
dative	Ligurii
accusative	Ligurię
instrumental	Ligurią
locative	Ligurii
vocative	Ligurio

Derived terms

• Liguryjczyk
• Liguryjka

See also

regions of Italy: regiony Włochedit

• Abruzja
• Apulia
• Basilicata
• Dolina Aosty
• Emilia-Romania
• Friuli-Wenecja Julijska
• Kalabria
• Kampania
• Lacjum
• Liguria
• Lombardia
• Marche
• Molise
• Piemont
• Sardynia
• Sycylia
• Toskania
• Trydent-Górna Adyga
• Umbria
• Wenecja Euganejska

Further reading

• “Liguria”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Liguria, from Ancient Greek Λίγυς (Lígus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈɡuɾja/ [liˈɣ̞u.ɾja]
• Rhymes: -uɾja
• Syllabification: Li‧gu‧ria

Proper noun

Liguria f

1. Liguria (an administrative region of northwest Italy)

Related terms

• ligur