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English
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mendoza
- A province in western Argentina.
- A city, the capital of the province of Mendoza, Argentina.
- A surname from Spanish .
Translations
Basque
Etymology
Usually derived from mendi (“mountain”) + hotz (“cold”) + -a (article).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most dialects) /mendos̻a/
- IPA(key): (Biscayan) /mendos̺a/
Proper noun
Mendoza inan or anim
- A hamlet in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Basque Country, Spain
- a habitational surname
Declension
Declension of Mendoza (animate and inanimate, ending in -a)
Descendants
References
- ^ Patxi Salaberri Zaratiegi (2011) “Mendoza”, in Araba/Álava: Los nombres de nuestros pueblos (in Spanish), Euskaltzaindia, →ISBN, page 283
Bikol Central
Etymology
From Spanish Mendoza, from Basque Mendoza.
Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mendoza (Basahan spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ)
- a surname from Spanish
Cebuano
Etymology
From Spanish Mendoza, from Basque Mendoza. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Men‧do‧za
- IPA(key): /menˈdosa/
Proper noun
Mendoza (Badlit spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ)
- a surname from Spanish
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Mendoza.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Basque Mendoza.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /menˈdoθa/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /menˈdosa/
- Rhymes: -oθa
- Rhymes: -osa
- Syllabification: Men‧do‧za
Proper noun
Mendoza m or f by sense
- a surname from Basque
- Mendoza (a city, the provincial capital of Mendoza, Argentina)
- Mendoza (a province of Argentina)
Derived terms
Descendants
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Mendoza, from Basque Mendoza. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mendoza (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ)
- a common surname from Spanish , equivalent to Spanish Mendoza, the 5th commonest in the Philippines, widespread across the Tagalog-speaking regions, but most widely concentrated in Batangas, Quezon and Oriental Mindoro provinces
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Mendoza is the 5th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 372,402 individuals.