Penza

See also: penzà

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian Пе́нза (Pénza).

Proper noun

Penza

1. An oblast of Russia.
2. A city, the administrative center of Penza Oblast, Russia.

Translations

a city in Russia

• Arabic: بِينْزَا f (bīnzā)
• Armenian: Պենզա (Penza)
• Belarusian: Пе́нза f (Pjénza)
• Bulgarian: Пе́нза f (Pénza)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奔薩／奔萨 (Bēnsà)

• Danish: Pensa
• Georgian: პენზა (ṗenza)
• German: Pensa (de) n
• Greek: Πένζα (el) (Pénza)
• Hebrew: פנזה
• Hindi: पेन्ज़ा (penzā)
• Japanese: ペンザ (Penza)
• Korean: 펜자 (Penja)
• Macedonian: Пенза f (Penza)
• Portuguese: Penza f
• Russian: Пе́нза (ru) f (Pénza)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Пенза f

  Roman: Penza f

• Spanish: Penza
• Swedish: Penza n
• Ukrainian: Пе́нза f (Pénza)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Penza.

Proper noun

Penza (plural Penzas)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Penza is the 35246^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 639 individuals. Penza is most common among White (93.43%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Penza”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Italian

Etymology

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Proper noun

Penza m or f by sense

1. a surname

Anagrams

• panze, panzé

Portuguese

Proper noun

Penza f

1. Penza (an oblast of Russia)
2. Penza (a city, the administrative center of Penza Oblast, Russia)