Valentia

== Latin == === Etymology === From valentia (“competence, power, vigour”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [waˈɫɛn.ti.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [vaˈlɛn.t͡si.a] === Proper noun === Valentia f sg (genitive Valentiae); first declension The name of several settlements in the Roman world, including: Valencia (the capital city of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain) Valencia, Valencian Community (an autonomous community of Spain; in full, Valencian Community) Valencia (a province of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain) Valence (a city and commune, the capital of the modern Drôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, in southeastern France) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== (Contemporary Latin) Vibō Valentia ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: València→ Basque: Valentzia→ Chinese: 瓦倫西亞 / 瓦伦西亚 (Wǎlúnxīyà)→ Dutch: Valencia→ English: Valencia→ Galician: Valencia→ German: Valencia, Valentz→ Italian: Valencia→ Portuguese: Valência→ Spanish: Valencia, Val. (abbreviation)→ Cebuano: ValenciaChinese:→ Mandarin: 巴倫西亞 / 巴伦西亚 (Bālúnxīyà) (transliteration)→ English: Valencia→ Tagalog: Valencia→ Turkish: Valensiya→ Turkish: Valensiya Corsican: Valenza French: Valence Italian: Valenza Portuguese: Valença === References === “Valentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Valentia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.