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Aragonese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naˈθjon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: na‧ción
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin nātiōnem.
Noun
nación f (plural nacions)
- birth
- Synonyms: naixenza, naiximiento
- offspring
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish nación, from Latin nātiōnem.
Noun
nación f (plural nacions)
- nation
Further reading
Asturian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin nātiōnem.
Noun
nación f (plural naciones)
- birth
- Synonyms: nacencia, nacimientu
- offspring
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish nación, from Latin nātiōnem.
Noun
nación f (plural naciones)
- nation
Further reading
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese naçõ, from Latin nātiō, nātiōnem.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oŋ
- Hyphenation: na‧ción
Noun
nación f (plural nacións)
- nation
1697, José Gil Taboada, Grande loita de luceiros:Grande loyta de Luceyros
Ay na terra do patron
Santo, que fillo do Trono
Nas guerras sempre atronòu.
Cinco Luceyros no'menos
S'opòn à vn Luceyro sò:
Cinco à vn, è ser Galegos?
No'mo dà ò corazon.
E que loytan sobre quen
A quen mais alomeou.
Vn contra cinco? Este si
Que é Galego de naçon.- A large dispute of luminaries
happens at he land of the patron
Saint, who, son of thunder
In the wars always stormed .
Five luminaries, no less,
Oppose one luminary alone:
Five to one, being Galicians?
I don't think so.
And they are fighting on who
enlightened more to whom.
One to five? This certainly is
Galician by nation
1779, Diego Antonio Cernadas y Castro, Obras en prosa y verso:Co ò desexo de acordarvos,
que en Galicia ò seu funduxe
ten à vosa nobre fruxe,
vou en Gallego a falarvos:
De esto non hay que estrañarvos;
antes ben, facendo gala
de esta nacion, estimála,
è si porque moito dista,
non à conocès de vista,
conocedéa pola fala- With the desire to remind you
that in Galicia has its origin
your noble lineage,
I'm going to speak in Galician to you:
you must not be surprised;
rather, showing off
this nation, you'll love it;
and, if because of the distance,
you are not acquainted,
then meet her in her language
- vulva of a female domestic animal
- Synonyms: nacenza, natura
Derived terms
Further reading
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “nações”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “naçõ”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “nación”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nación”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nación”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nación”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nātiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /naˈθjon/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /naˈsjon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: na‧ción
Noun
nación f (plural naciones)
- nation
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading