Placentia

== English == === Etymology === The town in Newfoundland is likely named after the Basque town of Placencia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pləˈsɛnʃə/, /pləˈsɛnʃiə/ Hyphenation: Pla‧cen‧tia Rhymes: -ɛnʃiə, -ɛnʃə === Proper noun === Placentia A city in Orange County, California, United States. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === analeptic, epicantal, El Capitan == Latin == === Etymology === From placentia (“pleasing, welcoming”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɫaˈkɛn.ti.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [plaˈt͡ʃɛn.t͡si.a] === Proper noun === Placentia f sg (genitive Placentiae); first declension Piacenza (a province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy) Piacenza (a city in Italy) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== French: Plaisance Italian: Piacenza→ English: Piacenza→ Portuguese: Piacenza Portuguese: Placência Spanish: Plasencia Sardinian: Prazenzia, Pracenza === References === “Placentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Placentia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.