Arica

See also: -arica

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Rómulo Cúneo Vidal said that the word comes from Aymara ari (crag) iqui (place to sleep). Manuel A. Quiroga said that the word comes from ari (phylum) aka (tip). Carlos Auza Arce said that it comes from ari (hill) acca (neighboring).

Proper noun

Arica

1. A province in northern Chile.
3. A commune and port city, the capital of the province of Arica, Chile.

Translations

Chilean city

• Arabic: أَرِيكَا f (ʔarīkā)
• Bulgarian: Ари́ка f (Aríka)
• Greek: Αρίκα f (Aríka)
• Hebrew: אריקה f
• Japanese: アリカ (Arika)
• Portuguese: Arica f
• Quechua: Arika
• Russian: Ари́ка (ru) f (Aríka)
• Spanish: Arica (es) f
• Turkish: Arica
• Ukrainian: Арі́ка f (Aríka)

Anagrams

• acari, Arcia, Ciara, Acira, Caria

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾi.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾi.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾi.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾi.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: A‧ri‧ca

Proper noun

Arica f

1. Arica (a province in northern Chile)
2. Arica (a city, the provincial capital of Arica, Chile)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɾika/ [aˈɾi.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: A‧ri‧ca

Proper noun

Arica m

1. Arica (a province in northern Chile)
2. Arica (a city, the provincial capital of Arica, Chile)
3. (historical) A department of Chile

Derived terms

• Arica y Parinacota
• ariqueño