Nueva Ecija

See also: Nueva Écija

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˌnwɛ.vɐ ʔɛˈsi.hɐ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌnweɪvɑ ˈeɪsihɑ/, /ˌnweɪvɑ ˈɛsihɑ/

Proper noun

Nueva Ecija

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

Translations

province of the Philippines

• Cebuano: Nueva Ecija
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 新怡詩夏／新怡诗夏 (Sin Î-si-hā)

  Mandarin: 新怡詩夏／新怡诗夏 (Xīn Yíshīxià)

• Ilocano: Nueva Ecija
• Japanese: ヌエヴァ・エシハ (Nueva Eshiha), ヌエバエシハ (Nueba Eshiha)
• Kapampangan: Nueva Ecija
• Korean: 누에바에시하 (nueba'esiha)
• Russian: Нуэва-Эсиха (Nueva-Esixa)
• Spanish: Nueva Écija
• Tagalog: Nueva Ecija
• Ukrainian: Нуева Есіха (Nueva Esixa)

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Nu‧e‧va E‧ci‧ja
• IPA^(key): /nuˌeba ʔeˈsiha/ [ˌn̪wi.bɐ ʔeˈs̪i.hɐ]

Proper noun

Nueva Ecija

1. Nueva Ecija (a province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines)

Tagalog

Map of the location of Nueva Ecija in the Philippines

Alternative forms

• Nueba Esiha — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Nueva Écija (“New Écija”) with the stress moved to the penultimate, from nueva (“new”) +‎ Écija (“city in Seville, Spain”), which the latter term is from Mozarabic, from Latin Astigi.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /nuˌeva ʔeˈsiha/ [ˌn̪wɛː.vɐ ʔɛˈsiː.hɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /nuˌeba ʔeˈsiha/ [ˌn̪wɛː.bɐ ʔɛˈsiː.hɐ]
• Rhymes: -iha
• Syllabification: Nu‧e‧va E‧ci‧ja

Proper noun

Nueva Ecija (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜓᜏᜒᜊ ᜁᜐᜒᜑ)

1. Nueva Ecija (a province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines)

   Synonym: (obsolete) Bagong Esiha

See also

• Pinagpanaan