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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κᾱρίᾱ (Kāríā).
Proper noun
Caria
- A historical region in the southwest corner of Asia Minor.
Translations
a historical region in the southwest corner of Asia Minor
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology 1
Shortening of Macaria.
Proper noun
Caria
- a diminutive of the female given name Macaria
- a female given name
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek Κᾱρίᾱ (Kāríā).
Proper noun
Caria
- (historical) Caria; a region in the southwest corner of Asia Minor
Italian
Etymology
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Proper noun
Caria m or f by sense
- a surname
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κᾱρίᾱ (Kāríā).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cāria f sg (genitive Cāriae); first declension
- Caria
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Caria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Caria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.