Nueva Ecija

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish Nueva Écija. Named after Écija in Seville, Spain, which Écija is from Mozarabic, from Latin Astigi. === Pronunciation === (Philippines) IPA(key): /ˌnwɛ.vɐ ʔɛˈsi.hɐ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌnweɪvɑ ˈeɪsihɑ/, /ˌnweɪvɑ ˈɛsihɑ/ === Proper noun === Nueva Ecija A province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Palayan. Largest city: Cabanatuan. ==== Translations ==== == Cebuano == === Etymology === From Spanish Nueva Écija. Named after Écija in Seville, Spain, which Écija is from Mozarabic, from Latin Astigi. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Nu‧e‧va E‧ci‧ja IPA(key): /nuˌeba ʔeˈsiha/ [ˌn̪wi.bɐ ʔeˈs̪i.hɐ] === Proper noun === Nueva Ecija Nueva Ecija (a province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines) == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === Nueba Esiha — obsolete === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish Nueva Écija (“New Écija”) with the stress moved to the penultimate, from nueva (“new”) +‎ Écija (“city in Seville, Spain”), which the latter term is from Mozarabic, from Latin Astigi. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /nuˌeva ʔeˈsiha/ [ˌn̪wɛː.vɐ ʔɛˈsiː.hɐ] IPA(key): (with nativization) /nuˌeba ʔeˈsiha/ [ˌn̪wɛː.bɐ ʔɛˈsiː.hɐ] Rhymes: -iha Syllabification: Nu‧e‧va E‧ci‧ja === Proper noun === Nueva Ecija (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜓᜏᜒᜊ ᜁᜐᜒᜑ) Nueva Ecija (a province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines) Synonym: (obsolete) Bagong Esiha ==== See also ====