Donostia

Basque

Alternative forms
  • Donosti (proscribed)

Etymology

First attested in 1491, ultimately from done (“saint”) +‎ *Sebastiani (“Sebastian”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /donos̺tia/ [d̪o.nos̺.t̪i.a]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: Do‧nos‧ti‧a

Proper noun

Donostia inan

  1. San Sebastián (a city and municipality of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain)

Declension
Declension of Donostia (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite
absolutive Donostia
ergative Donostiak
dative Donostiari
genitive Donostiaren
comitative Donostiarekin
causative Donostiarengatik
benefactive Donostiarentzat
instrumental Donostiaz
inessive Donostian
locative Donostiako
allative Donostiara
terminative Donostiaraino
directive Donostiarantz
destinative Donostiarako
ablative Donostiatik
partitive Donostiarik
prolative Donostiatzat

Derived terms
  • donostiar

References
  • Patxi Salaberri Zaratiegi (2019) “Donostia”, in Gipuzkoako herrien izenak‎ (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia, →ISBN, page 144
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