Makaronesia

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Macaronesia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /makaɾones̺ia/ [ma.ka.ɾo.ne.s̺i.a]
• Rhymes: -ia, -a
• Hyphenation: Ma‧ka‧ro‧ne‧si‧a

Proper noun

Makaronesia inan

1. Macaronesia (A group of four archipelagos in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Azores (part of Portugal), Madeira (also part of Portugal), the Canary Islands (part of Spain) and the independent country of Cape Verde))

Declension

Declension of Makaronesia (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite
absolutive	Makaronesia
ergative	Makaronesiak
dative	Makaronesiari
genitive	Makaronesiaren
comitative	Makaronesiarekin
causative	Makaronesiarengatik
benefactive	Makaronesiarentzat
instrumental	Makaronesiaz
inessive	Makaronesian
locative	Makaronesiako
allative	Makaronesiara
terminative	Makaronesiaraino
directive	Makaronesiarantz
destinative	Makaronesiarako
ablative	Makaronesiatik
partitive	Makaronesiarik
prolative	Makaronesiatzat

Further reading

• “70.- Mundu zabaleko uharte nagusiak [Main islands of the world]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 1997