Zaragoza

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Zaragoza, from Navarro-Aragonese Zaragoza, from Mozarabic, from Latin Caesaraugusta, named after Roman Emperor Augustus. Doublet of Caesaraugusta.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Zaragoza

  1. A city, the regional capital of Aragon, Spain.
  2. A province of Aragon, Spain.
  3. A town in the La Libertad department, El Salvador

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Galician

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Zaragoza

  1. Zaragoza (a province of Aragon, Spain; capital: Zaragoza)
  2. Zaragoza (a city in Zaragoza, Spain)

Alternative forms

  • Çarakozta, Çaragoça, Caragoça, Saracoça, Saracuza, Saragoça, Saragoza, Çaragoza, Zaracoça, Zarachoza, Zarakoza

Etymology

Borrowed from Mozarabic, from Latin Caesaraugusta. /st/ > /t͡s/ is characteristic of Mozarabisms.

Many of the attested forms appear to reflect various degrees of blending with the Andalusian Arabic form of the name, سَرَقُسْطَة (saraqusṭa).

Noun

Zaragoza f

  1. Zaragoza (a city)

Descendants

  • Aragonese: Zaragoza
  • Old French: Sarragoce, Sarraguce
  • Old Spanish: Çaragoça

References

  • Buesa Oliver, Tomás. 1998. Los topónimos gemelos Kaiseraugst de Suiza y Zaragoza de España y América. Archivo de filología aragonesa 54–55. Pages 277–278.

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Navarro-Aragonese Zaragoza (and numerous variants), from Mozarabic, from Latin Caesaraugusta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θaɾaˈɡoθa/ [θa.ɾaˈɣ̞o.θa]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /saɾaˈɡosa/ [sa.ɾaˈɣ̞o.sa]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -oθa
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -osa
  • Syllabification: Za‧ra‧go‧za

Proper noun

Zaragoza f

  1. Zaragoza (a province of Aragon, Spain; capital: Zaragoza)
  2. Zaragoza (a city in Zaragoza, Spain)
  3. a toponymic surname
  4. A town in the La Libertad department, El Salvador

Derived terms

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Zaragoza.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /zaɾaˈɡosa/ [zɐ.ɾɐˈɣo.sɐ]
    • IPA(key): (more native-sounding) /saɾaˈɡosa/ [sɐ.ɾɐˈɣo.sɐ]
  • Rhymes: -osa
  • Syllabification: Za‧ra‧go‧za

Proper noun

Zaragoza (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜇᜄᜓᜐ)

  1. Zaragoza (a province of Aragon, Spain; capital: Zaragoza)
  2. Zaragoza (a city in Zaragoza, Spain)
  3. Zaragoza (a municipality of Nueva Ecija, Philippines)
  4. a surname from Spanish

Statistics

  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Zaragoza is the 239th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 7,916 individuals.
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