El Cid

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish El Cid, from el +‎ Cid, from the dialectal Arab word سيد (sïdi or sayyid, “lord, master”).

Proper noun

El Cid

1. El Cid; Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, a prince of Valencia
2. a male given name from Arabic

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:El Cid.

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Spanish

Etymology

From el + Cid, from the dialectal Arab word سيد (sïdi or sayyid, “lord, master”); thus "El Cid" means "The Lord". The title Campeador is a word from Vulgar Latin that can be translated as "champion" or "master of military arts".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /el ˈθid/ [el̟ ˈθið̞]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /el ˈsid/ [el ˈsið̞]

Proper noun

El Cid m

1. Nickname of Rodrigo (or Ruy) Díaz de Vivar (born circa 1040, Vivar, near Burgos – 10 July 1099, Valencia)