Legazpi

See also: Legaspi

English

Etymology

From Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish explorer and first Governor-General of the Philippines.

Proper noun

Legazpi

1. A city, the capital city of Albay, Philippines

Basque

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps from legar (“gravel, sand”) +‎ azpi (“under”) or legar (“gravel, sand”) +‎ -tze +‎ bi (“two”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /leɡas̻pi/ [le.ɣ̞as̻.pi]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /leɡas̻pi/ [le.ɣ̞as̻.pi]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /leɡas̺pi/ [le.ɣ̞as̺.pi]

 

• Rhymes: -as̻pi

• (most dialects) Rhymes: -as̻pi
• (Biscayan) Rhymes: -as̺pi

• Hyphenation: Le‧gaz‧pi

Proper noun

Legazpi inan

1. A village and municipality of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain

Declension

Declension of Legazpi (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite
absolutive	Legazpi
ergative	Legazpik
dative	Legazpiri
genitive	Legazpiren
comitative	Legazpirekin
causative	Legazpirengatik
benefactive	Legazpirentzat
instrumental	Legazpiz
inessive	Legazpin
locative	Legazpiko
allative	Legazpira
terminative	Legazpiraino
directive	Legazpirantz
destinative	Legazpirako
ablative	Legazpitik
partitive	Legazpirik
prolative	Legazpitzat

Derived terms

• legazpiar

 

Descendants

• → Spanish: Legazpia

References

• Patxi Salaberri Zaratiegi (2019) “Legazpi”, in Gipuzkoako herrien izenak‎^[1] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia, →ISBN, page 292

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish explorer and first Governor-General of the Philippines.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈɡaspi/, [l̪eˈɡas.pi]
• Hyphenation: Le‧gaz‧pi

Proper noun

Legázpi (Basahan spelling ᜎᜒᜄᜐ᜔ᜉᜒ)

1. Legazpi (a city, the capital city of Albay, Philippines)

See also

• Legaspi

 

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque Legazpi.

The city in the Philippines is named after Miguel López de Legazpi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /leˈɡaθpi/ [leˈɣ̞aθ.pi]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /leˈɡaspi/ [leˈɣ̞as.pi]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -aθpi
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -aspi
• Syllabification: Le‧gaz‧pi

Proper noun

Legazpi ?

1. A village in Zumarraga, Gipuzkoa, Spain
2. Legazpi (the capital city of Albay, Philippines)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Le‧gaz‧pi
• IPA^(key): /leˈɡaspi/, [lɛˈɣas.pɪ]

Proper noun

Legazpi (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜄᜐ᜔ᜉᜒ)

1. Alternative form of Legaspi (“provincial capital of Albay, Philippines”)
2. a surname, variant of Legaspi

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Legazpi is the 58,506^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 204 individuals.