Crestonia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κρηστωνία (Krēstōnía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kreːsˈtoː.ni.a/, [kreːs̠ˈt̪oːniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kresˈto.ni.a/, [kresˈt̪ɔːniä]

Proper noun

Crēstōnia f sg (genitive Crēstōniae); first declension

1. An ancient region in Macedonia, situated north of Mygdonia in modern Greece

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Crēstōnia
genitive	Crēstōniae
dative	Crēstōniae
accusative	Crēstōniam
ablative	Crēstōniā
vocative	Crēstōnia

References

• “Crestonia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly