Segovia
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Segovia, from Latin Segovia, from Celtiberian Segouia, from a suffixed form of Proto-Celtic *segos (“victory”). Related city names include Segeda and Segontia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɪˈɡəʊviə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
Segovia
- A city in Castile and León, Spain.
- A province of Castile and León, Spain.
- The letter S in the Spanish spelling alphabet
Translations
city in Castile and León, Spain
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Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Segovia f
- Segovia (a province of Castile and León, Spain; capital: Segovia)
- Segovia (a city in Segovia, Spain)
- a surname
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Segovia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Segovia.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /seˈɡovja/
- Rhymes: -ovja, (more native-sounding) -obja
- Syllabification: Se‧gov‧ia
Proper noun
Segovia (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜊ᜔ᜌ)
- a surname from Spanish deriving from the city and province in Spain
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Segovia is the 880th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 10,633 individuals.