Segovia
See also: segovià, Segóvia, and Segòvia
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Segovia, from Latin Segovia, from Celtiberian Segouia, from a suffixed form of Proto-Celtic *segos (“victory”). Related city names include Segeda and Segontia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɪˈɡəʊviə/
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Proper noun
Segovia
- A city in Castile and León, Spain.
- A province of Castile and León, Spain.
- The letter S in the Spanish spelling alphabet
Translations
city in Castile and León, Spain
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈɡobja/ [seˈɣ̞o.β̞ja]
- Rhymes: -obja
- Syllabification: Se‧go‧via
Proper noun
Segovia f
- Segovia (a province of Castile and León, Spain; capital: Segovia)
- Segovia (a city in Segovia, Spain)
Derived terms
- Nueva Segovia
- segoviano
Further reading
- “Segovia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology
From Spanish Segovia.
Proper noun
Segovia
- a surname from Spanish from Spanish deriving from the city and province in Spain
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Segovia is the 880th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 10,633 individuals.