Saragoça

Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic سَرَقُسْطَة (saraqusṭa), a corruption of Latin Caesaraugusta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sa.ɾaˈɣo.t͡sa]

Proper noun

Saragoça f

1. Zaragoza
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 2v.

     Et ffallan la otroſſi en eſpanna en unos montes q ſó çerca de Saragoça en un logar q́ dizen diche. Et otroſſi en el monte q́ es cabo granada aq́ llaman ſoler en unas cueuas q́ y a. Pero tan bien las de ſaragoça como las de granada ſon pocas.

     And they find another in Spain in some hills near Zaragoza, in a place they calle Diche. Yet another is found in a hill that is around Granada, which they call Soler, in some caves that are near there. But those from Zaragoza, as well as those from Granada, are few.

Descendants

• Old Galician-Portuguese: Saragoça
  • Portuguese: Saragoça
• Spanish: Zaragoza

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Portuguese

Saragoça

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Saragoça, from Old Spanish Saragoça, from Andalusian Arabic سَرَقُسْطَة (saraqusṭa), a corruption of Latin Caesaraugusta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɐ.ɾɐ.ˈɣɔ.sɐ/
• Hyphenation: Sa‧ra‧go‧ça

Proper noun

Saragoça f

1. Zaragoza (a province of Aragon, Spain)
2. Zaragoza (a city, the regional capital of Aragon, Spain)

Derived terms

• saragoçano