Segovia

See also: segovià, Segóvia, and Segòvia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Segovia, from Latin Segovia, from Celtiberian Segouia, from a suffixed form of Proto-Celtic *segos (“victory”). Related city names include Segeda and Segontia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪˈɡəʊviə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Segovia

1. A city in Castile and León, Spain.
2. A province of Castile and León, Spain.
3. The letter S in the Spanish spelling alphabet

Translations

city in Castile and León, Spain

• Arabic: شِقُوبِيَّة (šiqūbiyya)

  Hijazi Arabic: شِقوبية f (šigōbya)

• Catalan: Segòvia f
• Celtiberian: Segobriga
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塞哥維亞／塞哥维亚 (zh) (Sāigēwéiyà)

• French: Ségovie (fr) f
• Galician: Segovia (gl) f
• Greek: Σεγκόβια (el) f (Segkóvia)

  Ancient: Σεγουβία f (Segoubía)

• Latin: Segovia f, Segobia f
• Occitan: Segòvia f
• Polish: Segowia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Segóvia
• Spanish: Segovia (es) f

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈɡobja/ [seˈɣ̞o.β̞ja]
• Rhymes: -obja
• Syllabification: Se‧go‧via

Proper noun

Segovia f

1. Segovia (a province of Castile and León, Spain; capital: Segovia)
2. Segovia (a city in Segovia, Spain)
3. a surname

Derived terms

• Nueva Segovia
• segoviano

 

Further reading

• “Segovia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Segovia.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /seˈɡovja/ [sɛˈɣov.jɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /seˈɡobja/ [sɛˈɣob.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -ovja, (more native-sounding) -obja
• Syllabification: Se‧gov‧ia

Proper noun

Segovia (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜊ᜔ᜌ)

1. a surname from Spanish deriving from the city and province in Spain

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Segovia is the 880th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 10,633 individuals.