Zama
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Italian
Etymology
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Proper noun
Zama m
- a male given name
Proper noun
Zama m or f by sense
- a surname originating as a patronymic
Further reading
- Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2024
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ζάμα (Záma).
Proper noun
Zama f sg (genitive Zamae); first declension
- Zama (a Numidian town in modern Tunisia, and the site of a famous battle)
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Zama |
| genitive | Zamae |
| dative | Zamae |
| accusative | Zamam |
| ablative | Zamā |
| vocative | Zama |
| locative | Zamae |
References
- “Zama”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Zama in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.