Etymology

Zaragoza

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Today it means: A city, the regional capital of Aragon, Spain. Full definition →

Spanish Zaragoza ← Old Navarro-Aragonese Zaragoza ← Latin Caesaraugusta
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  1. Latin · derived fromCaesaraugusta
  2. Old Navarro-Aragonese · derived fromZaragoza
  3. Spanish · borrowed fromZaragoza
  4. English todayZaragoza

Borrowed from Spanish Zaragoza, from Old Navarro-Aragonese Zaragoza, from Mozarabic, from Latin Caesaraugusta, named after Roman Emperor Augustus. Doublet of Caesaraugusta.

Words from the same roots

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