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/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Badajoz

2. A city and municipality, the capital of the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain.
   • 1843, George Borrow, The Bible in Spain‎^[1], London: Cassell and Company, Ltd.:

     It was at this town of Badajoz, the capital of Estremadura, that I first fell in with those singular people, the Zincali, Gitanos, or Spanish gypsies.

4. 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
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴達霍斯 / 巴达霍斯 (Bādáhuòsī)

• Esperanto: Badaĥozo
• Extremaduran: Baajós
• Galician: Badaxoz (gl) f
• Greek: Μπανταχόθ (el) n (Bantachóth)
• Hindi: बदख़ोस (badaxos)
• Latin: Pax Augusta f, Civitas Pacensis
• Marathi: बादाहोस (bādāhos)
• Old Galician-Portuguese: Badallouço, Badallouce, Badallouz
• Portuguese: Badajoz (pt) f, Badalhouce f
• Russian: Бадахо́с m (Badaxós)
• Spanish: Badajoz (es)

province

• Arabic: بَطَلْيَوْس (baṭalyaws)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴達霍斯 / 巴达霍斯 (Bādáhuòsī)

• Esperanto: Badaĥozo
• Extremaduran: Baajós
• Galician: Badaxoz (gl)
• Marathi: बादाहोस m (bādāhos)
• Old Galician-Portuguese: Badalhou
• Portuguese: Badajoz (pt)
• Spanish: Badajoz (es) f

Catalan

Proper noun

Badajoz f

1. Badajoz (a city and municipality, the capital of the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain)
2. Badajoz (a province of Extremadura, Spain, around the city)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Badalhouce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Spanish Badajoz, displacing the earlier doublet Badalhouce sometime during or around the time of the Philippine Dynasty (1581–1640). Both forms are ultimately derived from Latin Pācem Augustam through either Mozarabic or Arabic بَطَلْيَوْس (baṭalyaws), meaning the Portuguese realization of ⟨j⟩ as /ʒ/ is most likely a spelling pronunciation.

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]

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

• Hyphenation: Ba‧da‧joz

Proper noun

Badajoz ?

1. Badajoz (a city and municipality, the capital of the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain)
2. Badajoz (a province of Extremadura, Spain, around the city)

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Badajoz ?

1. Badajoz (a city and municipality, the capital of the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain)
2. Badajoz (a province of Extremadura, Spain, around the city)

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.