Giza

See also: Appendix:Variations of "giza"

English

Alternative forms

• Gizah, Gize, Gizé, Gizeh (archaic)

Etymology

From Egyptian Arabic اَلْجِيزَة (il-Gīza). The etymology is uncertain. Al-Maqrizi derives it from Classical Syriac ܓܹܣܵܐ (gissa, “side”). Peust suggests a Persian etymology from Persian دز (dez, “castle”). Everett-Heath suggests an Egyptian etymology from Egyptian r-gs-ḥr (“on the side of the high one (pyramid)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡiːzə/

Homophone: geezer

• Rhymes: -iːzə

Proper noun

Giza

1. A city on the west bank of the Nile river, Egypt, famous for its ancient monuments including the Great Sphinx of Giza and the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Translations

city in Egypt

• Arabic: اَلْجِيزَة f (al-jīza)

  Egyptian Arabic: الجيزة f (il-Gīza)

• Catalan: Gizeh f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吉薩／吉萨 (zh) (Jísà)

• Coptic: ϯⲡⲉⲣⲥⲏⲥ f (tipersēs)
• French: Gizeh (fr) m
• German: Gizeh n
• Greek: Γκίζα (el) f (Gkíza)
• Italian: Giza f
• Japanese: ギーザ (Gīza)
• Korean: 기자 (ko) (Gija)
• Latin: Tipersis f, Giza f
• Polish: Giza (pl) f
• Portuguese: Gizé f
• Russian: Ги́за (ru) f (Gíza)
• Spanish: Guiza (es) f

References

• Carsten Peust, Konstanz (2010) Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten, Göttingen, 2010, p. 44

Anagrams

• Gazi, gazi

Italian

Etymology

From Egyptian Arabic اَلْجِيزَة (il-Gīza), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.za/, /ˈd͡ʒid.d͡za/
• Rhymes: -iza, -iddza
• Hyphenation: Gì‧za
• Homophone: ghisa

Proper noun

Giza f

1. Giza (a city in Egypt)

Polish

Giza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.za/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iza
• Syllabification: Gi‧za

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic اَلْجِيزَة (il-Gīza)

Proper noun

Giza f

1. Giza (a city in Egypt)

Declension

Declension of Giza

	singular
nominative	Giza
genitive	Gizy
dative	Gizie
accusative	Gizę
instrumental	Gizą
locative	Gizie
vocative	Gizo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Giese or a variant of Giża with mazurzenie.

Proper noun

Giza m pers

1. a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Giza

	singular	plural
nominative	Giza	Gizowie
genitive	Gizy	Gizów
dative	Gizie	Gizom
accusative	Gizę	Gizów
instrumental	Gizą	Gizami
locative	Gizie	Gizach
vocative	Gizo	Gizowie

Proper noun

Giza f

1. a female surname from German

Declension

Declension of Giza

	singular	plural
nominative	Giza	Gizy
genitive	Gizy	Giz
dative	Gizie	Gizom
accusative	Gizę	Gizy
instrumental	Gizą	Gizami
locative	Gizie	Gizach
vocative	Gizo	Gizy

Further reading

• Giza in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Giza in PWN's encyclopedia
• “Giza”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022