Antigua
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English
Etymology
From Spanish antigua, in honor of a religious icon of St Mary (La Virgen de la Antigua) in Seville. Coined by Italian explorer Christopher Columbus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ænˈtiːɡ(w)ə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: An‧tigua
- Rhymes: -iːɡə
Proper noun
Antigua
- The largest island of the nation of Antigua and Barbuda, in the Caribbean.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
island
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Further reading
Basque
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Antigua inan
Declension
Declension of Antigua (inanimate, ending in -a)
| indefinite | |
|---|---|
| absolutive | Antigua |
| ergative | Antiguak |
| dative | Antiguari |
| genitive | Antiguaren |
| comitative | Antiguarekin |
| causative | Antiguarengatik |
| benefactive | Antiguarentzat |
| instrumental | Antiguaz |
| inessive | Antiguan |
| locative | Antiguako |
| allative | Antiguara |
| terminative | Antiguaraino |
| directive | Antiguarantz |
| destinative | Antiguarako |
| ablative | Antiguatik |
| partitive | Antiguarik |
| prolative | Antiguatzat |
Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Antigua f
Cebuano
Etymology
Proper noun
Antigua
- a surname
- the island of Antigua
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Antigua
- Antigua (the largest island of the nation of Antigua and Barbuda, in the Caribbean)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Antigua | — |
| accusative | Antiguát | — |
| dative | Antiguának | — |
| instrumental | Antiguával | — |
| causal-final | Antiguáért | — |
| translative | Antiguává | — |
| terminative | Antiguáig | — |
| essive-formal | Antiguaként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Antiguában | — |
| superessive | Antiguán | — |
| adessive | Antiguánál | — |
| illative | Antiguába | — |
| sublative | Antiguára | — |
| allative | Antiguához | — |
| elative | Antiguából | — |
| delative | Antiguáról | — |
| ablative | Antiguától | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Antiguáé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Antiguáéi | — |
| Possessive forms of Antigua | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Antiguám | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Antiguád | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Antiguája | — |
| 1st person plural | Antiguánk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Antiguátok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Antiguájuk | — |
Derived terms
Japanese
Romanization
Antigua
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Antigua f
- Antigua (the largest island of Antigua and Barbuda, a country in the Caribbean)
- ellipsis of Antigua Guatemala.
Derived terms
Swedish
Etymology
Proper noun
Antigua n (genitive Antiguas)