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Septimania
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English
Etymology
From en la Septimania. Either:
a clipping from the Roman name of the city of Béziers, Colonia Julia Septimanorum Baeterrae, which in turn alludes to the settlement of veterans of the Roman Seventh Legion (la septimānī) in the city.
from la septimānus seventh, an allusion to the seven cities (civitates) of the territory: Béziers, Elne, Agde, Narbonne, Lodève, Maguelonne, and Nîmes.
Proper noun
en Q723580 en historical The western region of the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis (modern-day south France) that passed under the control of the Visigoths in 462, when it was ceded to their king, Theodoric II.
Translations
region of Gallia Narbonensis
Catalan: ca Septimània f
French: fr Septimanie f
Italian: it Settimania f
Occitan: oc Septimània f
Spanish: es Septimania f
Latin
la:
Proper noun
Septimania<1>
la Septimania Q723580
la 1875 Mémoires de la Société de l'histoire de Paris 3 Omnibus episcopis, abbatibus, ducibus, comitibus... ceterisque fidelibus nostris, partibus Franciæ, Burgundiæ, Provinciæ, Septimaniæ, Italiæ, Austriæ, Neustriæ, Bajoariæ et Sclavoniæ commanentibus.
Declension
Septimania<1.loc>
Descendants
en Septimania 1
fr Septimanie