Maritza

English

Etymology 1

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”).

Proper noun

Maritza

1. A female given name

Etymology 2

Alternative Forms

Alternative form of Maritsa, from Bulgarian Марица (Marica).

Proper noun

Maritza

1. Obsolete spelling of Maritsa (the river).
   • 1925, Ernest Hemingway, chapter II, in In Our Time, page 23:

     The Maritza was running yellow almost up to the bridge.

   • 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; [...]

   • 1876 September 28, Eugene Schuyler, Productions and Trade of Philippopolis‎^[1]:

     All 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.

Anagrams

• amitraz

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /maˈɾitθa/ [maˈɾit̪.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /maˈɾitsa/ [maˈɾi.t̪sa]
• Rhymes: -itθa
• Rhymes: -itsa
• Syllabification: Ma‧ri‧tza

Proper noun

Maritza f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Maritza