comarca

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish comarca. === Pronunciation === === Noun === comarca (plural comarcas) A traditional region or local administrative division found in parts of Spain, Portugal, Panama, Nicaragua, and Brazil. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Carcamo == Catalan == === Etymology === From co- +‎ marca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [kuˈmar.kə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [koˈmar.kə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [koˈmaɾ.ka] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [koˈmar.ka] === Noun === comarca f (plural comarques) district ==== Derived terms ==== subcomarca === Further reading === “comarca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “comarca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “comarca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “comarca”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese comarca (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a back-formation from comarcar (“to share limits”), from co- (“with”) +‎ marcar (“to delimit”), from marco (“boundary stone”), attested since the 9th century in local Latin documents, as well as its derivatives marcar and demarcar (“to delimit”). Given its early local documentation it can not be a borrowing from Old Italian, but from Gothic or Suevic [Term?] instead. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary, region”), from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“boundary, border”). Compare Sicilian cumarca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /koˈmaɾka/ [koˈmaɾ.kɐ] Rhymes: -aɾka Hyphenation: co‧mar‧ca === Noun === comarca f (plural comarcas) a district, province or territory; a shire Synonym: bisbarra ==== Related terms ==== === References === “comarca”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 “comarca”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “comarca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “comarcar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “comarca”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “comarca”, 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), “comarca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Italian == === Noun === comarca f (plural comarche) comarca === Anagrams === marocca == Portuguese == === Etymology === From com +‎ marca. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: co‧mar‧ca === Noun === comarca f (plural comarcas) (dated) administrative division or territory, especially one close to boundaries (law) a region under the rule of one or more judges or courts === Further reading === “comarca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “comarca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From co- +‎ marca. Compare Sicilian cumarca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /koˈmaɾka/ [koˈmaɾ.ka] Rhymes: -aɾka Syllabification: co‧mar‧ca === Noun === comarca f (plural comarcas) district Synonym: distrito === Further reading === “comarca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025