nissaga

== Catalan == === Etymology === Uncertain. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [niˈsa.ɣə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [niˈsa.ɣa] === Noun === nissaga f (plural nissagues) caste, race, lineage, breed dynasty, as in members or succession of members of a powerful or influential family Synonyms: casta, raça, llinatge, estirp Bucèfal és de la nissaga de les egües de Diomedes. ― Bucephalus is of the race of the Mares of Diomedes. === Further reading === “nissaga”, 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 “nissaga”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “nissaga” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “nissaga” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.