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Valencian

Valencian

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From Valencia and connected with its people, culture, or language
  • adjective
: valenciano
  • Many students in Valencia are proud of their Valencian culture and traditions.
  • Valencian community

Examples

  • We used data from 1,908 adolescents aged 13-18 years old from the Valencian Community (Spain).

    Academic text (2008)

  • The festival featured Valencian music and dance that captivated the audience.

  • Regarding the main environmental problems in the Valencian Community.

    Academic text (1997)

  • In the first stage, a random selection of public and private schools in the Valencian Community was carried out.

    Academic text (2008)

  • "They identify with and celebrate only the 'Basque community' or 'Valencian community,' for example.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The problem of erosion-desertification stood out as a priority both at the global level (81%) and at the Valencian Community level (93%).

    Academic text (1997)

  • In the first section (Item 1), students were asked to identify the main environmental problems at a global level, and in the second section (Item 2), they were asked to identify major environmental problems in the particular case of the Valencian Community, a Mediterranean region in southeastern Spain where Alicante is located.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Everyone in the room enjoyed the Valencian dish known as paella.

Surface Forms

Valencian positive

Morphology

Valencian = Valencia (transparent) = Valencia + ian

The suffix '-ian' is commonly used to form adjectives indicating relationship to a place or person.

Etymology

Valencian comes from the city name Valencia, which comes from the old Latin Valentia meaning 'strength' and shares the same root as valiant ('brave'). So Valencian means 'from or about Valencia', its people, culture, or language.