Legazpi

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See also: Legaspi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Legazpi, from Basque Legazpi. Named after Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi, the first Governor-General of the Philippines.

Proper noun

Legazpi

  1. A city, the provincial capital of Albay, Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines

Basque

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps from legar (“gravel, sand”) +‎ azpi (“under”) or legar (“gravel, sand”) +‎ -tze +‎ bi (“two”).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /leɡas̻pi/
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /leɡas̺pi/

 

  • Hyphenation: Le‧gaz‧pi

Proper noun

Legazpi inan

  1. A village and municipality of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain

Declension

Declension of Legazpi (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite
absolutive Legazpi
ergative Legazpik
dative Legazpiri
genitive Legazpiren
comitative Legazpirekin
causative Legazpirengatik
benefactive Legazpirentzat
instrumental Legazpiz
inessive Legazpin
locative Legazpiko
allative Legazpira
terminative Legazpiraino
directive Legazpirantz
destinative Legazpirako
ablative Legazpitik
partitive Legazpirik
prolative Legazpitzat

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Spanish: Legazpia

References

  • Patxi Salaberri Zaratiegi (2019) “Legazpi”, in Gipuzkoako herrien izenak‎ (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia, →ISBN, page 292

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Legazpi, from Basque Legazpi. Named after Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi, the first Governor-General of the Philippines.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leˈɡaspi/
  • Hyphenation: Le‧gaz‧pi

Proper noun

Legázpi (Basahan spelling ᜎᜒᜄᜐ᜔ᜉᜒ)

  1. Legazpi (a city, the provincial capital of Albay, Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines)

See also

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque Legazpi. The place in the Philippines is named after Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi, the first Governor-General of the Philippines.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /leˈɡaθpi/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /leˈɡaspi/
  • Rhymes: -aθpi
  • Rhymes: -aspi
  • Syllabification: Le‧gaz‧pi

Proper noun

Legazpi ?

  1. A village in Zumarraga, Gipuzkoa, Spain
  2. Legazpi (a city, the provincial capital of Albay, Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Legazpi, from Basque Legazpi. Named after Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi, the first Governor-General of the Philippines.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Legazpi (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜄᜐ᜔ᜉᜒ)

  1. Alternative form of Legaspi (“provincial capital of Albay, Philippines”)
  2. a surname, variant of Legaspi

Statistics

  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Legazpi is the 58,506th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 204 individuals.
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