Feb 29, 2016 20:44
8 yrs ago
English term
Aquincum
English
Social Sciences
Anthropology
Demonym
Aquincum was an ancient city, situated on the northeastern borders of the Pannonia province within the Roman Empire. The ruins of the city can be found today in Budapest, the capital city of Hungary. It is believed that Marcus Aurelius may have written at least part of his book Meditations at Aquincum.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquincum
Does anyone know if there's a demonym for the inhabitants of Aquincum? I've been searching but I can't find any information. Aquincers? Aquiners?
I've also tried looking for the word in Hungarian but my search has been fruitless.
I would appreciate any suggestions.
Thank you!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquincum
Does anyone know if there's a demonym for the inhabitants of Aquincum? I've been searching but I can't find any information. Aquincers? Aquiners?
I've also tried looking for the word in Hungarian but my search has been fruitless.
I would appreciate any suggestions.
Thank you!
Responses
4 +3 | Aquincenses | philgoddard |
3 +4 | the inhabitants of Aquincum | Armorel Young |
Responses
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English term (edited):
Demonym of Aquincum
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Aquincenses
I think this is a research question, and a Latin one, rather than one of English terminology. But the answer is Aquincenses, which I found by Googling Aquincum + demonym.
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Note added at 12 mins (2016-02-29 20:56:56 GMT)
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And funnily enough, "aquincense" means an inhabitant of Budapest in Spanish. Is that why you were asking?
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Note added at 14 mins (2016-02-29 20:58:25 GMT)
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Though I don't think the Spanish word is very common. i was just going on this:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categoría:Aquincenses
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Note added at 12 mins (2016-02-29 20:56:56 GMT)
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And funnily enough, "aquincense" means an inhabitant of Budapest in Spanish. Is that why you were asking?
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Note added at 14 mins (2016-02-29 20:58:25 GMT)
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Though I don't think the Spanish word is very common. i was just going on this:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categoría:Aquincenses
Note from asker:
I'm doing a SP>EN translation so I already knew the word in Spanish. I didn't mention it in my question because it is EN>EN and I didn't want to mix languages. Obviously I tried googling "Aquincum + demonym", as well as other combinations, but I didn't find anything. Thank you for your help! |
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: Funnily enough, i too thought of the '-enses' one, working from 'Londinium'
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agree |
Veronika McLaren
: cf. A Tituli Aquincenses III., Laurea Aquincenses memoriae Valentini...
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agree |
Charles Davis
: This is the only option, I think.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Phil, thank you for your help!"
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the inhabitants of Aquincum
On the whole it's only large and well-known places that have a particular name for their inhabitants. For example, there is no commonly used single word for the people who lived in Pompeii - they are just "the inhabitants of Pompeii". I think the same probably applies in this case.
Note from asker:
I've been using this but now I have to translate a whole paragraph about Aquincum and if I can't find the word I'll have to omit a whole sentence. Thank you for your help. |
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Tony M
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agree |
Tushar Deep
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agree |
Edith Kelly
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agree |
Tina Vonhof (X)
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Discussion
Other than that, I'm glad if this helps you, you're welcome.
Thank you for your help.
I didn't want to use 'the inhabitants of Budapest are still referred to today as the inhabitants of Aquincum'.