English Explanatory Dictionary

Nueva Ecija

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Palayan. Largest city: Cabanatuan.

Pronunciation

/ˌnwɛ.vɐ ʔɛˈsi.hɐ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mlgc1998-Nueva Ecija.wav /ˌnweɪvɑ ˈeɪsihɑ/ /ˌnweɪvɑ ˈɛsihɑ/

Word forms

Nueva Ecija

Etymology

From Spanish Nueva Écija. Named after Écija in Seville, Spain, which Écija is from Mozarabic, from Latin Astigi.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on N Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary