La villa: The town. La nación[21]: The nation.
La ciudad: The city or large town. La honradez: Honesty.
The other terminations are masculine.

There are many exceptions to the above rule, principally in nouns ending
in _E_.[22]

[Footnote 21: English words ending in "tion" end in _ción_ in Spanish.
(Note the accent.)]

[Footnote 22: Appendix I--for reference only at this stage.]


=Formation of the Plural of Nouns=.

Nouns ending in a vowel which is not _stressed_ and also nouns ending in
_E_ bearing the stress, add =S= to form the plural.

All others add =Es=.

EXCEPTIONS--

1. Nouns ending in _Z_ in the _sing._ change it into =Ces=.
2. Nouns ending in _S_ do not change _unless the last syllable_ is
stressed.


EXAMPLES--

El amo: The master. Los amos: The masters.