Badajoz

English

Alternative forms

• Badajos (former spelling)

Etymology

From Spanish Badajoz, of uncertain origin but possibly from Arabic forms of Latin Pax Augusta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɑːdəˈhoʊs/

Proper noun

Badajoz

1. A city in Extremadura, Spain.
2. A province of Extremadura, Spain, around the city.

Translations

city

• Arabic: بَطَلْيَوْس (baṭalyaws)
• Aragonese: Badajoz f
• Armenian: Բադախոս (Badaxos)
• Asturian: Badayoz f
• Basque: Badajoz
• Catalan: Badajoz f
• Esperanto: Badaĥozo
• Extremaduran: Baajós
• Galician: Badaxoz (gl) f
• Greek: Μπανταχόθ (el) n (Bantachóth)
• Latin: Pax Augusta f, Civitas Pacensis
• Old Portuguese: Badallouço, Badallouce, Badallouz
• Portuguese: Badajoz (pt) f, Badalhouce f
• Russian: Бадахо́с m (Badaxós)
• Spanish: Badajoz (es)

province

• Arabic: بَطَلْيَوْس (baṭalyaws)
• Esperanto: Badaĥozo
• Extremaduran: Baajós
• Galician: Badaxoz (gl)
• Old Galician-Portuguese: Badalhou
• Portuguese: Badajoz (pt)
• Spanish: Badajoz (es) f

Catalan

Proper noun

Badajoz f

1. Badajoz (a province of Extremadura, Spain)
2. Badajoz (a city, the provincial capital of Badajoz, Spain)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Badalhouce (obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.daˈʒɔ(j)s/ [ba.daˈʒɔ(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.daˈʒɔ(j)s/ [ba.daˈʒɔ(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ba.daˈʒɔ(j)ʃ/ [ba.daˈʒɔ(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.dɐˈʒɔʃ/ [bɐ.ðɐˈʒɔʃ]

• Hyphenation: Ba‧da‧joz

Proper noun

Badajoz

1. Badajoz (a province of Extremadura, Spain)
2. Badajoz (a city, the provincial capital of Badajoz, Spain)

Spanish

Etymology

Perhaps from Mozarabic, perhaps from Latin Pācem Augustam. /st/ > /t͡s/ is characteristic of Mozarabic. Compare Arabic بَطَلْيَوْس (baṭalyaws).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /badaˈxoθ/ [ba.ð̞aˈxoθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /badaˈxos/ [ba.ð̞aˈxos]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -oθ
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: Ba‧da‧joz

Proper noun

Badajoz ?

1. Badajoz (a province of Extremadura, Spain; capital: Badajoz)
2. Badajoz (a city in Extremadura, Spain)

Related terms

• pacense

 

References

• Buesa Oliver, Tomás. 1998. Los topónimos gemelos Kaiseraugst de Suiza y Zaragoza de España y América. Archivo de filología aragonesa 54–55. Pages 277–278.