English

Proper noun

Dacia

1. An ancient kingdom located in the area now known as Romania. The Dacian kingdom was conquered by the Romans and later named Romania after them.
2. Denmark (Dacia is an obsolete Medieval Latin name for Denmark).
3. An automobile produced in Romania, the Dacia.

Derived terms

• Dacian

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From the Dacian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaːk.i.a/

Proper noun

Dācia f ‎(genitive Dāciae); first declension

1. (historical geography) Dacia, the ancient kingdom located in the area now known as Romania.
2. (obsolete) The region formerly held by Dacia: Wallachia or Romania.
   • 1511, Bernardus Sylvanus ed., Jacobus Angelus's translation of Ptolemy as Liber Geographica, Bk VIII:

     In nona Tabula[:] Iaziges metanastae[,] Dacia Vulachia[,] Mysia superior: Seruia[,] Mysia inferior Bosna[,] Tratia[,] Chersonesus.

Inflection

First declension, with locative.

Related terms

• dācicus

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin Dacia, from Dacian.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Dacia f

1. (historical) Dacia, the ancient kingdom located in the area now known as Romania.

Declension

Related terms

• dac

Spanish

Proper noun

Dacia f

1. Dacia (ancient kingdom and Roman province)

Related terms

• dacio

Italian

Noun

dacia f ‎(plural dacie)

1. dacha

Anagrams

• acida