Mendoza

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛnˈdoʊzə/

Proper noun

Mendoza

  1. A province in western Argentina.
  2. A city, the capital of the province of Mendoza, Argentina.
  3. A surname from Basque.

Translations

Basque

Etymology

Usually derived from mendi (“mountain”) +‎ hotz (“cold”) +‎ -a (article).[1]

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /mendos̻a/ [mẽn̪.d̪o.s̻a]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /mendos̺a/ [mẽn̪.d̪o.s̺a]

 
  • (most dialects) Rhymes: -os̻a
  • (Biscayan) Rhymes: -os̺a

  • Hyphenation: Men‧do‧za

Proper noun

Mendoza inan or anim

  1. A hamlet in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Basque Country, Spain
  2. a habitational surname

Declension
Declension of Mendoza (animate and inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive Mendoza — —
ergative Mendozak — —
dative Mendozari — —
genitive Mendozaren — —
comitative Mendozarekin — —
causative Mendozarengatik — —
benefactive Mendozarentzat — —
instrumental Mendozaz — —
inessive anim. Mendozarengan — —
inanim. Mendozan — —
locative anim. — — —
inanim. Mendozako — —
allative anim. Mendozarengana — —
inanim. Mendozara — —
terminative anim. Mendozarenganaino — —
inanim. Mendozaraino — —
directive anim. Mendozarenganantz — —
inanim. Mendozarantz — —
destinative anim. Mendozarenganako — —
inanim. Mendozarako — —
ablative anim. Mendozarengandik — —
inanim. Mendozatik — —
partitive Mendozarik — —
prolative Mendozatzat — —

Descendants
  • → Spanish: Mendoza
    • → Bikol Central: Mendoza
    • → Cebuano: Mendoza
    • → English: Mendoza
    • → Tagalog: Mendoza

References
  1. Patxi Salaberri Zaratiegi (2011) “Mendoza”, in Araba/Álava: Los nombres de nuestros pueblos‎ (in Spanish), Euskaltzaindia, →ISBN, page 283

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Spanish Mendoza, from Basque Mendoza. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /menˈdosa/, [men̪ˈd̪o.sa]

Proper noun

Mendoza (Basahan spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ)

  1. a surname from Basque

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Mendoza, from Basque Mendoza.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Men‧do‧za
  • IPA(key): /menˈdosa/, [mɪn̪ˈd̪o.s̪ʌ]

Proper noun

Mendoza (Badlit spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ)

  1. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque]

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Mendoza.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque Mendoza.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /menˈdoθa/ [mẽn̪ˈd̪o.θa]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /menˈdosa/ [mẽn̪ˈd̪o.sa]
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -oθa
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -osa
  • Syllabification: Men‧do‧za

Proper noun

Mendoza m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Basque
  2. Mendoza (a city, the provincial capital of Mendoza, Argentina)
  3. Mendoza (a province of Argentina)

Derived terms

Descendants

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Mendoza, from Basque Mendoza. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /menˈdoza/ [mɛnˈdo.zɐ]
    • IPA(key): (more native-sounding) /menˈdosa/ [mɛnˈdo.sɐ]
  • Rhymes: -oza, (more native-sounding) -osa
  • Syllabification: Men‧do‧za

Proper noun

Mendoza (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ)

  1. a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Mendoza, the 5th commonest in the Philippines, widespread across the Tagalog-speaking regions, but most widely concentrated in Batangas, Quezon and Oriental Mindoro provinces

Statistics
  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Mendoza is the 5th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 372,402 individuals.
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