Mendoza

English

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 Basque.

Translations

province

• 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

• (most dialects) Rhymes: -os̻a
• (Biscayan) Rhymes: -os̺a

• Hyphenation: Men‧do‧za

Proper noun

Mendoza inan or anim

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

Declension

Declension of Mendoza (animate and inanimate, ending in -a)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		Mendoza	—	—
ergative		Mendozak	—	—
dative		Mendozari	—	—
genitive		Mendozaren	—	—
comitative		Mendozarekin	—	—
causative		Mendozarengatik	—	—
benefactive		Mendozarentzat	—	—
instrumental		Mendozaz	—	—
inessive	anim.	Mendozarengan	—	—
	inanim.	Mendozan	—	—
locative	anim.	—	—	—
	inanim.	Mendozako	—	—
allative	anim.	Mendozarengana	—	—
	inanim.	Mendozara	—	—
terminative	anim.	Mendozarenganaino	—	—
	inanim.	Mendozaraino	—	—
directive	anim.	Mendozarenganantz	—	—
	inanim.	Mendozarantz	—	—
destinative	anim.	Mendozarenganako	—	—
	inanim.	Mendozarako	—	—
ablative	anim.	Mendozarengandik	—	—
	inanim.	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 Basque

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Mendoza, from Basque Mendoza.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Men‧do‧za
• IPA^(key): /menˈdosa/, [mɪn̪ˈd̪o.s̪ʌ]

Proper noun

Mendoza (Badlit spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ)

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Mendoza.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque Mendoza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /menˈdoθa/ [mẽn̪ˈd̪o.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /menˈdosa/ [mẽn̪ˈd̪o.sa]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -oθa
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -osa
• 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

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Men‧do‧za

• IPA^(key): /menˈdoza/, [mɛnˈdo.zɐ]

• IPA^(key): /menˈdosa/, [mɛnˈdo.sɐ]

Proper noun

Mendoza (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ)

1. a common surname from Spanish, 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.