Croia

Italian

Etymology

Compare Medieval Latin Croia.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Croia fCategory:Italian lemmas#CROIACategory:Italian proper nouns#CROIACategory:Italian uncountable proper nouns#CROIACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#CROIACategory:Italian feminine nouns#CROIACategory:Pages with entries#CROIACategory:Pages with 2 entries#CROIA

  1. Krujë (a city in Albania)Category:it:Cities in Albania#CROIACategory:it:Places in Albania#CROIA
    • 1606, Margherita Sarrochi, La Scanderbeide, Rome: Lepido Facii, page 1a:
      Di tanti corpi il pian si ricoperse, // tante alme al Ciel', tante à l'Inferno giro, // restando co'l grand'hoste à Croia vinto // il Tracio Imperator, dal duolo estinto.
      The plain was covered with so many bodies, // so many souls went to Heaven, so many to Hell, // [the latter] remaining with the great enemy defeated in Krujë // the Thracian Emperor, died from pain.
      Category:Italian terms with quotations#CROIA

Further reading

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Byzantine Greek Κροαί (Kroaí).

Proper noun

Croia n pl (genitive Croiōrum)Category:Latin lemmas#CROIACategory:Latin proper nouns#CROIACategory:Latin second declension nouns#CROIACategory:Latin neuter nouns in the second declension#CROIACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#CROIACategory:Latin neuter nouns#CROIACategory:Latin pluralia tantum#CROIACategory:Pages with entries#CROIACategory:Pages with 2 entries#CROIA; second declension (Medieval LatinCategory:Medieval Latin#CROIA)

  1. Krujë (a city in Albania)Category:la:Cities in Albania#CROIACategory:la:Places in Albania#CROIA

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, plural only.

Category:la:Towns#CROIA
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