Mendoza

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛnˈdoʊzə/

Proper noun

Mendoza

1. A province in western Argentina.
2. A city, the capital of the province of Mendoza, Argentina.
3. A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].

Translations

province

• Marathi: मेंदोसा (mendosā)
• Spanish: Mendoza (es)

Basque

Etymology

Usually derived from mendi (“mountain”) +‎ hotz (“cold”) +‎ -a (article).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mendos̻a/ [mẽn̪.d̪o.s̻a]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /mendos̻a/ [mẽn̪.d̪o.s̻a]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /mendos̺a/ [mẽn̪.d̪o.s̺a]

 

• Rhymes: -os̻a

• Rhymes: -os̻a
• Rhymes: -os̺a

• Hyphenation: Men‧do‧za

Proper noun

Mendoza inan or anim

1. A hamlet in Vitoria, Álava, Basque Country, Spain
2. a habitational surname

Declension

Declension of Mendoza (animate and inanimate, ending in -a)

		indefinite
absolutive		Mendoza
ergative		Mendozak
dative		Mendozari
genitive		Mendozaren
comitative		Mendozarekin
causative		Mendozarengatik
benefactive		Mendozarentzat
instrumental		Mendozaz
inessive	anim.	Mendozarengan
	inanim.	Mendozan
locative	anim.	—
	inanim.	Mendozako
allative	anim.	Mendozarengana
	inanim.	Mendozara
terminative	anim.	Mendozarenganaino
	inanim.	Mendozaraino
directive	anim.	Mendozarenganantz
	inanim.	Mendozarantz
destinative	anim.	Mendozarenganako
	inanim.	Mendozarako
ablative	anim.	Mendozarengandik
	inanim.	Mendozatik
partitive		Mendozarik
prolative		Mendozatzat

Descendants

• → Spanish: Mendoza
  • → Bikol Central: Mendoza
  • → Cebuano: Mendoza
  • → English: Mendoza
  • → Tagalog: Mendoza

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Spanish Mendoza, from Basque Mendoza. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /menˈdosa/ [men̪ˈd̪o.sa]

Proper noun

Mendoza (Basahan spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ)

1. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque]

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Mendoza, from Basque Mendoza. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Men‧do‧za
• IPA^(key): /menˈdosa/ [men̪ˈd̪o.s̪ɐ]

Proper noun

Mendoza (Badlit spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ)

1. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque]

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Mendoza.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque Mendoza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /menˈdoθa/ [mẽn̪ˈd̪o.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /menˈdosa/ [mẽn̪ˈd̪o.sa]
• Rhymes: -oθa
• Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: Men‧do‧za

Proper noun

Mendoza m or f by sense

1. a surname from Basque
2. Mendoza (a city, the provincial capital of Mendoza, Argentina)
3. Mendoza (a province of Argentina)

Derived terms

• mendocino

 

Descendants

• → Bikol Central: Mendoza
• → Cebuano: Mendoza
• → English: Mendoza
• → Tagalog: Mendoza

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Mendoza, from Basque Mendoza. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /menˈdoza/ [mɛn̪ˈd̪oː.zɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /menˈdosa/ [mɛn̪ˈd̪oː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -oza, (more native-sounding) -osa
• Syllabification: Men‧do‧za

Proper noun

Mendoza (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ)

1. a common surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque], equivalent to Spanish Mendoza, the 5th commonest in the Philippines, widespread across the Tagalog-speaking regions, but most widely concentrated in Batangas, Quezon and Oriental Mindoro provinces

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Mendoza is the 5^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 372,402 individuals.