Etymology

Ibiza

I·bi·za
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Today it means: An island of the Balearic Islands, Spain. Full definition →

Spanish Ibiza ← Catalan Eivissa ← Arabic يَابِسَة
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The story

  1. Phoenician · derived from𐤀𐤉𐤁𐤔𐤌
  2. Latin · derived fromEbusus
  3. Arabic · derived fromيَابِسَة
  4. Catalan · derived fromEivissa
  5. Spanish · borrowed fromIbiza
  6. English todayIbiza

Borrowed from Spanish Ibiza, from Catalan Eivissa, from Arabic يَابِسَة (yābisa), from Latin Ebusus, from Phoenician 𐤀𐤉𐤁𐤔𐤌 (ʾybšm).

Words from the same roots

SpanishIbiza all →

Ibitha

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