Sciamhaevum

Latin

Etymology

From Mandarin 上海 (Shànghǎi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ski.aˈmae̯.u̯um/, [s̠kiäˈmäe̯u̯ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ʃi.amˈe.vum/, [ʃiämˈɛːvum]

Proper noun

Sciamhaevum n sg (genitive Sciamhaevī); second declension

1. (New Latin) Shanghai (a major port city and direct-administered municipality of China, the largest urban area in China)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Sciamhaevum
genitive	Sciamhaevī
dative	Sciamhaevō
accusative	Sciamhaevum
ablative	Sciamhaevō
vocative	Sciamhaevum
locative	Sciamhaevī

Synonyms

• Sanghaevum, urbs Sciamhaevēnsis

Derived terms

• Sciamhaevēnsis

References

• "Shanghai", Catholic Hierarchy
• Latinitas, Vols. XV-XVI, Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1967, p. 261.