Legazpi

See also: Legaspi

English

Etymology

From Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish explorer and first Governor-General of the Philippines.

Proper noun

Legazpi

  1. A city, the capital city of Albay, Philippines

Basque

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps from legar (“gravel, sand”) +‎ azpi (“under”) or legar (“gravel, sand”) +‎ -tze +‎ bi (“two”).

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /leɡas̻pi/ [le.ɣ̞as̻.pi]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /leɡas̺pi/ [le.ɣ̞as̺.pi]

 
  • (most dialects) Rhymes: -as̻pi
  • (Biscayan) Rhymes: -as̺pi

  • Hyphenation: Le‧gaz‧pi

Proper noun

Legazpi inan

  1. A village and municipality of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain

Declension
Declension of Legazpi (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite
absolutive Legazpi
ergative Legazpik
dative Legazpiri
genitive Legazpiren
comitative Legazpirekin
causative Legazpirengatik
benefactive Legazpirentzat
instrumental Legazpiz
inessive Legazpin
locative Legazpiko
allative Legazpira
terminative Legazpiraino
directive Legazpirantz
destinative Legazpirako
ablative Legazpitik
partitive Legazpirik
prolative Legazpitzat

Derived terms
  • legazpiar

Descendants
  • → Spanish: Legazpia

References
  • Patxi Salaberri Zaratiegi (2019) “Legazpi”, in Gipuzkoako herrien izenak‎ (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia, →ISBN, page 292

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish explorer and first Governor-General of the Philippines.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /leˈɡaspi/, [l̪eˈɡas.pi]
  • Hyphenation: Le‧gaz‧pi

Proper noun

Legázpi (Basahan spelling ᜎᜒᜄᜐ᜔ᜉᜒ)

  1. Legazpi (a city, the capital city of Albay, Philippines)

See also

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque Legazpi.

The city in the Philippines is named after Miguel López de Legazpi.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /leˈɡaθpi/ [leˈɣ̞aθ.pi]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /leˈɡaspi/ [leˈɣ̞as.pi]
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -aθpi
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -aspi
  • Syllabification: Le‧gaz‧pi

Proper noun

Legazpi ?

  1. A village in Zumarraga, Gipuzkoa, Spain
  2. Legazpi (the capital city of Albay, Philippines)

Tagalog

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /leˈɡaspi/ [lɛˈɣas.pɪ]
  • Rhymes: -aspi
  • Syllabification: Le‧gaz‧pi

Proper noun

Legazpi (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜄᜐ᜔ᜉᜒ)

  1. Alternative form of Legaspi (“provincial capital of Albay, Philippines”)
  2. a surname, variant of Legaspi

Statistics
  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Legazpi is the 58,506th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 204 individuals.
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