Valencia

:This article is about the city in Spain. For other uses of the name, see Valencia (disambiguation).

The name

The original Latin name of the city was Valentia /wa'lentia/, meaning "Strength", "Vigour". (And during the Moorish occupation it was known as Balensiya.) By regular sound changes this has become Valencia /ba'len?ja/ in Spanish and València in Valencian. The latter name is pronounced /b?'??nsj?/ in Central Catalan. One possible pronunciation in Valencian is /va'lensja/. (See International Phonetic Alphabet for the symbols used to represent pronunciation.)

Related Topics:
Latin - Valencian - International Phonetic Alphabet

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