Saragoça

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Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic سَرَقُسْطَة (saraqusṭa) (apparently with metathesis), from Latin Caesaraugusta.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Saragoça f

  1. Zaragoza (the capital city of the modern autonomous community of Aragon, Spain)
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 2v:
      Et ffallan la otroſſi en eſpanna en unos montes q ſõ çerca de Saragoça en un logar q̃ dizen diche. Et otroſſi en el monte q̃ es cabo granada aq̃ llaman ſoler en unas cueuas q̃ y a. Pero tan bien las de ſaragoça como las de granada ſon pocas.
      And they find another in Spain in some hills near Zaragoza, in a place they calle Diche. Yet another is found in a hill that is around Granada, which they call Soler, in some caves that are near there. But those from Zaragoza, as well as those from Granada, are few.

Descendants

  • Old Galician-Portuguese: Saragoça
  • Spanish: Zaragoza

Portuguese

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Saragoça

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Saragoça, from Old Spanish Saragoça, from Andalusian Arabic سَرَقُسْطَة (saraqusṭa), from Latin Caesaraugusta.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: Sa‧ra‧go‧ça

Proper noun

Saragoça f

  1. Zaragoza (a province of Aragon, Spain)
  2. Zaragoza (the capital city of Aragon, Spain)

Derived terms