Gascony

English Etymology en la-med Gasconia, from en la-vul Wasconia, from en la Vasconia, from la Vascones + la -ia, from en grc Οὐάσκωνες attested in Strabo's 1st-century Geographica, Book III,Larry Trask, The History of Basque Routledge: 1997 0-415-13116-2 variously derived from grc αἴξ goat (literally “he-goat people”) or a variant of en Ausci (perhaps related to en Euskara). Cognate with en Basque, en Gascon, and en Vascon. Equivalent to en Gascon y. For sound changes: /w/ → /v/ occurred in the change from Latin to Proto-Romance, while /w/ → /g/ (in loan words starting with /w/) common in (non-Iberian) Romance languages, notably French; compare en warranty and en guarantee, en William and en Guillaume. By contrast, /v/ developed into /b/ and /β̞/ in Spanish and Gascon (Spanish es Vasco, /ˈbasko/), hence the divergence. Pronunciation en /ˈɡæskəni/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gascony.wav Southern England en æskəni 3 Proper noun en Q2295939en historical en former duchy kingdom:pref/France, covering southern Aquitaine. en Q191085en historical en former province kingdom:pref/France. en informal en region c/France. en historical sometimes _ proscribed en Aquitaine, particularly under English rule. Translations former region of France Aragonese: an Gascunya f Armenian: hy Գասկոն Asturian: ast Gascuña Basque: eu Gaskoinia Belarusian: be Гаско́нь f Breton: br Gwaskogn f Bulgarian: bg Гаскония f, bg Гаскона f Catalan: ca Gascunya f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 加斯科涅 Jiāsīkēniè Corsican: co Guascogna f, co Gascogna f Czech: cs Gaskoňsko n Esperanto: eo Gaskonio French: fr Gascogne f Old French: fro Gascoigne f Frisian: West Frisian: fy Gaskonje n Georgian: ka გასკონი German: de Gascogne n Greek: el Γασκώνη f Hungarian: hu Gascogne Ido: io Gaskonia Italian: it Guascogna f, it Gascogna f Japanese: ja ガスコーニュ Gasukōnyu Korean: ko 가스코뉴 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Gaskonya f Latin: la Vasconia f Lithuanian: lt Gaskonė f, lt Gaskonija f Lombard: lmo Guascogna f Middle English: enm Gascoyne Norman: nrf Gascongne f Occitan: oc Gasconha f Polish: pl Gaskonia f Portuguese: pt Gasconha f Romanian: ro Gasconia f Russian: ru Гаско́нь f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Гаскоња f Latin: sh Gaskonja f Sicilian: scn Gascògna f Slovak: sk Gaskonsko n Slovene: sl Gaskonja f Spanish: es Gascuña f Swedish: sv Gascogne Tagalog: tl Gascuña Thai: th กัสกอญ gàt-gon Turkish: tr Gaskonya Ukrainian: uk Гаско́нь f Venetan: vec Vascogna f Welsh: cy Gasgwyn f References