Legazpi

See also: Legaspi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Legazpi, from Basque Legazpi. Named after Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi, the first Governor-General of the Philippines.

Proper noun

Legazpi

1. A city, the provincial capital of Albay, Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines

Basque

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps from legar (“gravel, sand”) +‎ azpi (“under”) or legar (“gravel, sand”) +‎ -tze +‎ bi (“two”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /leɡas̻pi/ [le.ɣ̞as̻.pi]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /leɡas̻pi/ [le.ɣ̞as̻.pi]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /leɡas̺pi/ [le.ɣ̞as̺.pi]

 

• Rhymes: -as̻pi, -i

• Rhymes: -as̻pi, -i
• Rhymes: -as̺pi, -i

• Hyphenation: Le‧gaz‧pi

Proper noun

Legazpi inan

1. A village and municipality of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain

Declension

Declension of Legazpi (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite
absolutive	Legazpi
ergative	Legazpik
dative	Legazpiri
genitive	Legazpiren
comitative	Legazpirekin
causative	Legazpirengatik
benefactive	Legazpirentzat
instrumental	Legazpiz
inessive	Legazpin
locative	Legazpiko
allative	Legazpira
terminative	Legazpiraino
directive	Legazpirantz
destinative	Legazpirako
ablative	Legazpitik
partitive	Legazpirik
prolative	Legazpitzat

Derived terms

• legazpiar

Descendants

• → Spanish: Legazpia

References

• Patxi Salaberri Zaratiegi (2019) “Legazpi”, in Gipuzkoako herrien izenak‎^[1] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia, →ISBN, page 292

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Legazpi, from Basque Legazpi. Named after Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi, the first Governor-General of the Philippines.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈɡaspi/ [l̪eˈɡas.pi]
• Hyphenation: Le‧gaz‧pi

Proper noun

Legázpi (Basahan spelling ᜎᜒᜄᜐ᜔ᜉᜒ)

1. Legazpi (a city, the provincial capital of Albay, Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines)

See also

• Legaspi

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque Legazpi. The place in the Philippines is named after Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi, the first Governor-General of the Philippines.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /leˈɡaθpi/ [leˈɣ̞aθ.pi]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /leˈɡaspi/ [leˈɣ̞as.pi]
• Rhymes: -aθpi
• Rhymes: -aspi
• Syllabification: Le‧gaz‧pi

Proper noun

Legazpi ?

1. A village in Zumarraga, Gipuzkoa, Spain
2. Legazpi (a city, the provincial capital of Albay, Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Legazpi, from Basque Legazpi. Named after Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi, the first Governor-General of the Philippines.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /leˈɡaspi/ [lɛˈɣas.pɪ]
• Rhymes: -aspi
• Syllabification: Le‧gaz‧pi

Proper noun

Legazpi (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜄᜐ᜔ᜉᜒ)

1. Alternative form of Legaspi (“provincial capital of Albay, Philippines”)
2. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque], variant of Legaspi

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Legazpi is the 58,506^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 204 individuals.