Meanings
Maritza1
- A female given name
Maritza2
- obsoleteObsolete spelling of Maritsa (the river).
1923, Treaty of Lausanne, art. 2:
[T]he frontier of Turkey is laid down as follows … With Bulgaria: From the mouth of the River Rezvaya, to the River Maritza …: the southern frontier of Bulgaria as at present demarcated; …
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The Maritza was running yellow almost up to the bridge.
1925, Ernest Hemingway, chapter II, in In Our Time, page 23All this timber used formerly to be transported by rafts down the river Maritza to Adrianople and Enos, from where it was shipped for Greece and Smyrna.
1876 September 28, Eugene Schuyler, Productions and Trade of Philippopolis
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- SpanishMaritza
- EnglishMaritza
From Spanish Maritza, a diminutive of: * María, from Marīa, from Μαρίᾱ (Maríā), from מרים (miryām, “rebellion”); and * Marta, from Martha, from Μάρθα (Mártha), from מרתא (mārtā, “lady, mistress, ruler”), female counterpart of מרא (mārā, “lord, master, ruler”).
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Maritza. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maritza
“Maritza.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maritza. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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