Zilia

French

Proper noun

Zilia ?

1. A village in the Haute-Corse department, Corsica, France

Derived terms

• ziliais
• Ziliais

Latin

Alternative forms

• Zulil, Zilil, Zilī

Etymology

Borrowed from Punic, probably cognate with Mishnaic Hebrew שׁלי (š-l-y, “to fish”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈzi.li.a/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɪlʲiä]

Proper noun

Zilia f sg (genitive Ziliae); first declension

1. A river in Mauritania, flowing into the Atlantic Ocean
2. A town situated at the mouth of the same river, on the road from Lixus to Tingis, near modern Asilah

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Zilia
Genitive	Ziliae
Dative	Ziliae
Accusative	Ziliam
Ablative	Ziliā
Vocative	Zilia
Locative	Ziliae

References

• “Zilia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Lipiński, Edward (2004) Itineraria Phoenicia (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta), pages 450–1