Zaragoza

English

Alternative forms

• Saragossa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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

• Caesaraugusta (historical)
• Salduba (historical)

Derived terms

• Zaragozan

Translations

city in Spain

• Arabic: سَرَقُسْطَة f (saraqusṭa), سَارَاغُوسَا f (saraḡūsā)

  Egyptian Arabic: ساراجوسا f (saragosa)

  Hijazi Arabic: سَرَقُسْطة f (saragusṭa)

• Aragonese: Zaragoza
• Armenian: Սարագոսա (Saragosa)
• Azerbaijani: Saraqosa (az)
• Catalan: Saragossa (ca)
• Cebuano: Zaragoza
• Celtiberian: [Term?] (salduba)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薩拉戈薩／萨拉戈萨 (zh) (Sàlāgēsà)

• Esperanto: Zaragozo
• Finnish: Zaragoza (fi)
• French: Saragosse (fr) f
• Galician: Zaragoza (gl)
• German: Saragossa (de) n
• Greek: Σαραγόσα (el) f (Saragósa)

  Ancient Greek: Καισαραυγοῦστα f (Kaisaraugoûsta)

• Hebrew: סרגוסה (saragosa)
• Icelandic: Zaragoza
• Irish: Zaragoza
• Italian: Saragozza (it) f
• Japanese: サラゴサ (Saragosa)
• Korean: 사라고사 (Saragosa)
• Latin: Caesarea Augusta f, Caesaraugusta f, (medieval) Zaragoza f
• Marathi: सारागोसा n (sārāgosā)
• Occitan: Saragossa
• Polish: Saragossa (pl) f
• Portuguese: Saragoça (pt) f
• Romanian: Zaragoza f
• Russian: Сараго́са (ru) f (Saragósa)
• Scottish Gaelic: Zaragoza
• Sicilian: Saragussa f
• Spanish: Zaragoza (es) f
• Tagalog: Zaragoza
• Turkish: Zaragoza

Galician

Alternative forms

• Saragoça (reintegrationist)

Proper noun

Zaragoza

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

Related terms

• zaragozano

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)
  • French: Saragosse
  • → Middle English: [Term?]
    • English: Saragossa
• → Old Spanish: Çaragoça
  • Spanish: Zaragoza

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 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):

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• Rhymes: -oθa
• 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

• cesaraugustano
• Puebla de Zaragoza
• saracustí
• zaragocí
• zaragozano

 

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Zaragoza.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /zaɾaˈɡosa/ [zɐ.ɾɐˈɣoː.sɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /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 239^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 7,916 individuals.