# regia
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [rəˈʒi.ə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [reˈd͡ʒi.a]

### Verb

regia
* first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of regir

## Italian
### Etymology 1

Derived from French régie.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /reˈd͡ʒi.a/
* Rhymes: -ia
* Hyphenation: re‧gì‧a

#### Noun

regia f (plural regie)
* (film) direction
* (theater, television, etc.) direction, production
* organization, direction

##### Related terms

* regista

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɛ.d͡ʒa/
* Rhymes: -ɛdʒa
* Hyphenation: rè‧gia

#### Adjective

regia
* feminine singular of regio

#### Noun

regia f (plural regie)
* Alternative form of reggia

### References

* ↑ regia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* 1 2 regia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Further reading

* regia in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* regia in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* regia in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* regìa, règia in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

### Anagrams

* Graie, agire, egira, eriga, giare, ragie, reagì

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* rēgia: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈreː.ɡi.a/, [ˈreːɡiä]
* rēgia: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈre.d͡ʒi.a/, [ˈrɛːd͡ʒiä]
* rēgiā: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈreː.ɡi.aː/, [ˈreːɡiäː]
* rēgiā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈre.d͡ʒi.a/, [ˈrɛːd͡ʒiä]

### Etymology 1

Substantive noun from an ellipsis of the collocative term domus regia ("royal home/dwelling/abode"), itself from domus (“house, home, abode, dwelling”) and rēgius (“of or pertaining to a king; regal, royal”). Compare origin of Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ, “basilica”), from Byzantine Greek term βασιλική στοά (basilikḗ stoá, “royal building”).

#### Noun

rēgia f (genitive rēgiae); first declension
* a royal palace, castle, fortress, residence; court; kingship
* the royal tent in a camp
* a royal city, capital
* a roofed colonnade, portico, hall
* the central entrance to a theatre

##### Declension

First-declension noun.

##### Descendants

* Italian: reggia

### Etymology 2

Inflected form of rēgius (“of or pertaining to a king; regal, royal”).

#### Adjective

rēgia
* inflection of rēgius:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

#### Adjective

rēgiā
* ablative feminine singular of rēgius

##### Derived terms

* aqua regia

### References

* “regia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “regia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* regia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* regia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “regia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “regia”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
* “regia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
* “regia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

## Portuguese
### Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁeˈʒi.ɐ/ [heˈʒi.ɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁeˈʒi.ɐ/ [heˈʒi.ɐ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁeˈʒi.ɐ/ [χeˈʒi.ɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁeˈʒi.a/ [heˈʒi.a]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨˈʒi.ɐ/
* Rhymes: -iɐ
* Hyphenation: re‧gi‧a

### Verb

regia
* first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of reger

### Anagrams

* gerai, geria, regai

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrexja/ [ˈre.xja]
* Rhymes: -exja
* Syllabification: re‧gia

### Adjective

regia
* feminine singular of regio