Leza

See also: leza, lezą, leża, and leżą

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Leza, a habitational surname from Basque.

Proper noun

Leza (plural Lezas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Leza is the 37229^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 599 individuals. Leza is most common among Hispanic/Latino (89.65%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Leza”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 432.

Basque

Etymology

Probably from leize (“cave”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /les̻a/ [le.s̻a]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /les̻a/ [le.s̻a]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /les̺a/ [le.s̺a]

 

• Rhymes: -es̻a

• (most dialects) Rhymes: -es̻a
• (Biscayan) Rhymes: -es̺a

• Hyphenation: Le‧za

Proper noun

Leza inan

1. A village and municipality of La Rioja, Spain

Declension

Declension of Leza (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	Leza	Leza	Lezak
ergative	Lezak	Lezak	Lezek
dative	Lezari	Lezari	Lezei
genitive	Lezaren	Lezaren	Lezen
comitative	Lezarekin	Lezarekin	Lezekin
causative	Lezarengatik	Lezarengatik	Lezengatik
benefactive	Lezarentzat	Lezarentzat	Lezentzat
instrumental	Lezaz	Lezaz	Lezez
inessive	Lezatan	Lezan	Lezetan
locative	Lezatako	Lezako	Lezetako
allative	Lezatara	Lezara	Lezetara
terminative	Lezataraino	Lezaraino	Lezetaraino
directive	Lezatarantz	Lezarantz	Lezetarantz
destinative	Lezatarako	Lezarako	Lezetarako
ablative	Lezatatik	Lezatik	Lezetatik
partitive	Lezarik	—	—
prolative	Lezatzat	—	—

References

• “Leza” in Euskal Onomastikaren Datutegia [Basque Onomastic Database], euskaltzaindia.eus