Zaragoza

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌsɑɹ.ɘˈɡoʊ.sɘ/, /ˌzɑɹ.ɘˈɡoʊ.zɘ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Proper noun

Zaragoza

  1. A city, the regional capital of Aragon, Spain.
  2. A province of Aragon, Spain.
  3. A town in La Libertad department, El Salvador.
  4. A barangay of Bolinao, Pangasinan, Philippines.
  5. A municipality of Nueva Ecija, Philippines.
    Meronyms: Batitang, Carmen, Concepcion, Del Pilar, General Luna, H. Romero, Macarse, Manaul, Mayamot, Pantoc, San Isidro, San Rafael, San Vicente, Santa Cruz, Santa Lucia Old, Santa Lucia Young, Santo Rosario Old, Santo Rosario Young, Valerianabarangays of Zaragoza
    Coordinate terms: Aliaga, Bongabon, Cabanatuan, Cabiao, Carranglan, Cuyapo, Gabaldon, Gapan, General Mamerto Natividad, General Tinio, Guimba, Jaen, Laur, Licab, Llanera, Lupao, Muñoz, Nampicuan, Palayan, Pantabangan, Peñaranda, Quezon, Rizal, San Antonio, San Isidro, San Jose, San Leonardo, Santa Rosa, Santo Domingo, Talavera, Talugtug, Zaragozacities and municipalities of Nueva Ecija
  6. A barangay of Bugasong, Antique, Philippines.
  7. A barangay of Matalom, Leyte, Philippines.
  8. A barangay of Surigao, Surigao del Norte, Philippines.

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)

Old Navarro-Aragonese

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 (Anglo-Norman)
  • 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 Çaragoça, from Old Navarro-Aragonese Zaragoza (and numerous variants), from Mozarabic, from Latin Caesaraugusta.

Pronunciation

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 La Libertad department, El Salvador

Derived terms

Descendants

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Zaragoza.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /zaɾaˈɡosa/ [zɐ.ɾɐˈɣoː.sɐ]
    • IPA(key): (with nativization) /saɾaˈɡosa/ [sɐ.ɾɐˈɣoː.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.