Somoza

English

Etymology

From Spanish, of Galician origin.

Proper noun

Somoza (plural Somozas)

1. A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician].

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Somoza is the 21218^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1237 individuals. Somoza is most common among Hispanic/Latino (87.15%) individuals.

Galician

Etymology

Attested as Submoncia in 569 and as Somoça in Medieval Galician; from Latin sub- (“under; before”) and *montia, an accusative plural (compare Zanfoga) of a neuter form of mōns (“mountain”), so meaning "beneath the mountains".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈmoθa̝/

Proper noun

Somoza

1. A village in Asados parish, Rianxo, A Coruña, Galicia
2. A village in A Rúa de Valdeorras parish, A Rúa, Ourense, Galicia
3. A village in Asadur parish, Maceda, Ourense, Galicia
4. A parish of Pobra de Trives, Ourense, Galicia
5. A village in Botos parish, Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia
6. a toponymical surname

Related terms

• A Somoza
• As Somozas
• Castelo de Somoza

References

• “somoça” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• "Somoza" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /soˈmoθa/ [soˈmo.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /soˈmosa/ [soˈmo.sa]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -oθa
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: So‧mo‧za

Proper noun

Somoza m or f by sense

1. a surname from Galician