Alsa

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Latin

Etymology

Possibly related to the river name Alsium; both could be from an extended form of Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to nourish, grow”).

View of the river

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Alsa f sg (genitive Alsae); first declension

  1. A river of Venetia that flows into the Adriatic Sea, now Ausa

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Alsa
Genitive Alsae
Dative Alsae
Accusative Alsam
Ablative Alsā
Vocative Alsa

Descendants

  • Italian: Ausa

References

  • “Alsa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Alsa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992.
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