Mendoza

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Mendoza, from Basque Mendoza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛnˈdoʊzə/

Proper noun

Mendoza

1. A province in western Argentina.
2. A city, the capital of the province of Mendoza, Argentina.
3. A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].

Translations

province

• Korean: 멘도사 (mendosa)
• Marathi: मेंदोसा (mendosā)
• Spanish: Mendoza (es)

Basque

Etymology

Usually derived from mendi (“mountain”) +‎ hotz (“cold”) +‎ -a (article).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mendos̻a/ [mẽn̪.d̪o.s̻a]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /mendos̻a/ [mẽn̪.d̪o.s̻a]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /mendos̺a/ [mẽn̪.d̪o.s̺a]

 

• Rhymes: -os̻a, -a

• Rhymes: -os̻a, -a
• Rhymes: -os̺a, -a

• Hyphenation: Men‧do‧za

Proper noun

Mendoza inan or anim

1. a hamlet in Vitoria, Álava, Basque Country, Spain
2. a habitational surname

Declension

Declension of Mendoza (anim/inan a-stem)

		indefinite
absolutive		Mendoza
ergative		Mendozak
dative		Mendozari
genitive		Mendozaren
comitative		Mendozarekin
causative		Mendozarengatik
benefactive		Mendozarentzat
instrumental		Mendozaz
innesive	anim.	Mendozarengan
	inan.	Mendozan
locative	anim.	—
	inan.	Mendozako
allative	anim.	Mendozarengana
	inan.	Mendozara
terminative	anim.	Mendozarenganaino
	inan.	Mendozaraino
directive	anim.	Mendozarenganantz
	inan.	Mendozarantz
destinative	anim.	Mendozarenganako
	inan.	Mendozarako
ablative	anim.	Mendozarengandik
	inan.	Mendozatik
partitive		Mendozarik
prolative		Mendozatzat

Descendants

• → Spanish: Mendoza
  • → Bikol Central: Mendoza
  • → Cebuano: Mendoza
  • → English: Mendoza
  • → Tagalog: Mendoza

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Spanish Mendoza, from Basque Mendoza. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /menˈdosa/ [men̪ˈd̪o.sa]

Proper noun

Mendoza (Basahan spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ)

1. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque]

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Mendoza, from Basque Mendoza. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Men‧do‧za
• IPA^(key): /menˈdosa/ [men̪ˈd̪o.s̪ɐ]

Proper noun

Mendoza (Badlit spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ)

1. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque]
   • 2013 — 3 Ka mga Bayot nga `Namugaw’ Nadakpan (20 February), SuperBalita

     Ang mga suspek gipang-ila nga sila si Ryan Mendoza, alyas Balot, 27, taga Bantayan sa Hari, Barangay Looc; Persebal Buicer, alyas Perla, taga sityo Paradise, Barangay Looc, 26; ug Glenn Solon, 20.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque Mendoza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /menˈdoθa/ [mẽn̪ˈd̪o.θa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /menˈdosa/ [mẽn̪ˈd̪o.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oθa (Spain)
• Rhymes: -osa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: Men‧do‧za

Proper noun

Mendoza m or f by sense

1. a surname from Basque
2. Mendoza (a city, the provincial capital of Mendoza, Argentina)
3. Mendoza (a province of Argentina)

Derived terms

• mendocino

Descendants

• → Bikol Central: Mendoza
• → Cebuano: Mendoza
• → English: Mendoza
• → Tagalog: Mendoza

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Mendoza, from Basque Mendoza. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /menˈdoza/ [mɛn̪ˈd̪oː.zɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /menˈdosa/ [mɛn̪ˈd̪oː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -oza, (with nativization) -osa
• Syllabification: Men‧do‧za

Proper noun

Mendoza (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ)

1. a common surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque], equivalent to Spanish Mendoza, the 5th commonest in the Philippines, widespread across the Tagalog-speaking regions, but most widely concentrated in Batangas, Quezon and Oriental Mindoro provinces

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Mendoza is the 5^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 372,402 individuals.