Veracruz

See also: Vera Cruz

English

Map of Mexico highlighting Veracruz

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Veracruz.

Proper noun

Veracruz (countable and uncountable, plural Veracruzes)

1. A coastal state in southeastern Mexico.
2. A city in Veracruz, Mexico.
3. A surname from Spanish.

Translations

state of Mexico

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 韋拉克魯斯 / 韦拉克鲁斯 (Wéilākèlǔsī)

• Korean: 베라크루스 주 (Berakeuruseu ju)
• Marathi: बेराक्रुस n (berākrus)
• Polish: Veracruz m
• Russian: Веракру́с (ru) m (Verakrús)
• Spanish: Veracruz (es) f

city in Mexico

• Afrikaans: Veracruz
• Arabic: فيراكروز (firakruz)

  Egyptian Arabic: مدينة فيراكروز (madinat firakruz)

• Armenian: Վերակրուս (Verakrus)
• Asturian: Veracruz
• Basque: Veracruz
• Breton: Veracruz
• Bulgarian: Веракрус (Verakrus)
• Catalan: Veracruz
• Cebuano: Veracruz
• Cheyenne: Veracruz
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 韋拉克魯斯 / 韦拉克鲁斯 (Wéilākèlǔsī)

  Wu: 韦拉克鲁斯市

• Czech: Veracruz
• Danish: Veracruz
• Dutch: Veracruz
• Estonian: Veracruz
• Finnish: Veracruz (fi)
• French: Veracruz (fr)
• Galician: Veracruz (gl)
• Georgian: ვერაკრუსი (veraḳrusi)
• German: Veracruz (de)

  Bavarian: Veracruz

• Greek: Βερακρούς (Verakroús)
• Hungarian: Veracruz (hu)
• Ilocano: Veracruz
• Indonesian: Veracruz
• Irish: Veracruz
• Italian: Veracruz
• Japanese: ベラクルス (Berakurusu)
• Ladino: Veracruz
• Latin: Vera Crux
• Lithuanian: Verakrusas
• Marathi: बेराक्रुथ (berākruth), बेराक्रुस (berākrus)
• Mari:

  Western Mari: Веракрус (Verakrus)

• Mingrelian: ვერაკრუსი (veraḳrusi)
• Norwegian: Veracruz

  Nynorsk: Veracruz

• Polish: Veracruz m
• Portuguese: Veracruz
• Quechua: Veracruz
• Romanian: Veracruz
• Russian: Веракру́с (ru) (Verakrús)
• Scots: Veracruz
• Serbo-Croatian: Веракруз (Verakruz), Veracruz
• Silesian: Veracruz
• Spanish: Veracruz (es)
• Swahili: Veracruz
• Swedish: Veracruz
• Tamil: வேராகுரூசு (vērākurūcu)
• Tatar: Веракрус (Weraqrus)
• Thai: เบรากรุซ (Be-rā-kru-s)
• Turkish: Veracruz (tr)
• Ukrainian: Веракру́с (Verakrús)
• Uzbek: Verakrus
• Vietnamese: Veracruz
• Waray-Waray: Veracruz
• Welsh: Veracruz

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Veracruz is the 37899^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 586 individuals. Veracruz is most common among Hispanic/Latino (51.37%), Asian/Pacific Islander (29.52%) and White (10.24%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Veracruz”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Veracruz

1. Veracruz (a state of Mexico)

Spanish

Etymology

Compound of vera (“true”) +‎ cruz (“cross”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾaˈkɾuθ/ [be.ɾaˈkɾuθ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /beɾaˈkɾus/ [be.ɾaˈkɾus] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -uθ (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -us (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: Ve‧ra‧cruz

Proper noun

Veracruz f

1. Veracruz (a state of Mexico)

   Synonym: (abbreviation) VC

2. Veracruz (a city in Mexico)

Related terms

• veracruzano

Turkish

Proper noun

Veracruz

1. Veracruz (a state of Mexico)
2. Veracruz (a city in Mexico)