Querquetula

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === From querquētum (“wood of oaks”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʷɛrˈkʷeː.tʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kʷerˈkʷɛː.tu.la] ==== Proper noun ==== Querquētula f sg (genitive Querquētulae); first declension an ancient city in Latium, mentioned only by Pliny ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ===== Derived terms ===== querquētulānus === Etymology 2 === From querquētum (“wood of oaks”), from quercus (“oak-tree”) +‎ -ētum (“plantation or grove”), following Auckland, from Middle English ak (“oak”) + land. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʷɛrˈkʷeː.tʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kʷerˈkʷɛː.tu.la] ==== Proper noun ==== Querquētula f sg (genitive Querquētulae); first declension (New Latin) Auckland, New Zealand ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ===== Synonyms ===== Aucopolis ===== Derived terms ===== querquētulānus === References === “Querquetula”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly