alianza

Spanish

Etymology

From aliar +‎ -anza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aˈljanθa/ [aˈljãn̟.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /aˈljansa/ [aˈljãn.sa]

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• Rhymes: -anθa
• Rhymes: -ansa
• Syllabification: a‧lian‧za

Noun

alianza f (plural alianzas)

1. alliance
2. wedding ring, wedding band

   Synonym: anillo de boda

3. political coalition
4. (biblical, religion, Christianity, Judaism, Islam) covenant
5. (archaic, biblical, literary) ark

Derived terms

• aliancista
• arca de la Alianza

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: alyansa

Further reading

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

Swahili

Verb

alianza

1. inflection of -anza:
   1. third-person singular past
   2. m-wa class subject inflected singular past