Fraga

See also: fraga, fragă, and fråga

English

Proper noun

Fraga

1. A small town by the river Cinca in Bajo Cinca, Huesca, Aragon, Spain, whose inhabitants speak Fragatí, a distinct local dialect of Catalan.

   The 1134 Battle of Fraga was the site of the death of Alfonso I.

2. A surname of Iberian origin.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfɾa.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfɾa.ɣa]

Proper noun

Fraga f

1. Fraga (a town in Bajo Cinca, Huesca, Aragon, Spain)

Derived terms

• fragatí

Spanish

Etymology

Spanish and Portuguese surname, named after several placenames in Galicia and Portugual, all from fraga (“cliff”).

Proper noun

Fraga m or f by sense

1. a surname

Further reading

• “Fraga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10