en Babia
Spanish
FWOTD – 15 February 2022
Etymology
From the county of Babia in León, Spain, which used to be a royal hunting ground - the king's court would reply "in Babia" as a vague response when they didn't want to disclose his whereabouts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /em ˈbabja/ [ẽm ˈba.β̞ja]
- Syllabification: en Ba‧bia
Further reading
- “en Babia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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