atarazana

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الدار الصنعة (ad-dár aṣ-ṣánʕa), from دار الصناعة (dár aṣ-ṣináʕa), from Arabic دَار اَلصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, literally “house of industry”). Compare dársena and arsenal. Cognate to Catalan drassana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ataɾaˈθana/ [a.t̪a.ɾaˈθa.na]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ataɾaˈsana/ [a.t̪a.ɾaˈsa.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: a‧ta‧ra‧za‧na

Noun

atarazana f (plural atarazanas)

1. (nautical) shipyard, dockyard

Further reading

• “atarazana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16