Saragoça

Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic سَرَقُسْطَة (saraqusṭa), a corruption of Latin Caesaraugusta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sa.ɾaˈɣo.t͡sa]

Proper noun

Saragoça f

  1. Zaragoza
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 2v.
      Et ffallan la otroſſi en eſpanna en unos montes q ſó çerca de Saragoça en un logar q́ dizen diche. Et otroſſi en el monte q́ es cabo granada aq́ llaman ſoler en unas cueuas q́ 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


Portuguese

Saragoça

Etymology

From Old Portuguese Saragoça, from Old Spanish Saragoça, from Andalusian Arabic سَرَقُسْطَة (saraqusṭa), a corruption of Latin Caesaraugusta.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐ.ɾɐ.ˈɣɔ.sɐ/
  • Hyphenation: Sa‧ra‧go‧ça

Proper noun

Saragoça f

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

Derived terms

  • saragoçano
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