Somoza

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English

Etymology

From Spanish, of Galician origin.

Proper noun

Somoza (plural Somozas)

  1. A surname from Spanish .

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Somoza is the 21218th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1237 individuals. Somoza is most common among Hispanic/Latino (87.15%) individuals.

Galician

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Etymology

Attested as Submoncia in 569 and as Somoça in Medieval Galician; from Latin sub- (“under; before”) and *montia, an accusative plural (compare Zanfoga) of a neuter form of mōns (“mountain”), so meaning "beneath the mountains".

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Somoza

  1. A village in Asados parish, Rianxo, A Coruña, Galicia
  2. A village in A Rúa de Valdeorras parish, A Rúa, Ourense, Galicia
  3. A village in Asadur parish, Maceda, Ourense, Galicia
  4. A parish of Pobra de Trives, Ourense, Galicia
  5. A village in Botos parish, Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia
  6. a toponymical surname

References

  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “somoça”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • "Somoza" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /soˈmoθa/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /soˈmosa/
  • Rhymes: -oθa
  • Rhymes: -osa
  • Syllabification: So‧mo‧za

Proper noun

Somoza m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Galician
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