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Zaragoza

Zaragoza

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A city in northeastern Spain on the Ebro River that was once capital of Aragon
  • proper noun
: Zaragoza
  • Jn Arnr Stefnsson is playing in the Spanish ACB, putting up about 10 ppg for Zaragoza.
  • Zaragoza's fiestas
  • Zaragoza in Spain

Examples

  • Sancho borrowed his friend Tacho Morales' pickup, and they drove down the valley to the Zaragoza crossing.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Especially in Bilbao and Zaragoza, the fiestas became almost private parties of the upper classes.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Barcelona will face Real Zaragoza on Saturday night, who won three of their last four matches.

    Blog text (16)
  • Lefevre de Noet pushed his men as hard as he could, but the March to Zaragoza proved arduous.

  • "The cycle consists of six fiestas in six important Spanish cities: Valencia, Sevilla, Madrid, Pamplona, Bilbao, and Zaragoza.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Similarly, San Isidro of Madrid, Semana Grande in Bilbao, and Pilar in Zaragoza each have long histories.

    Academic text (1991)
  • In a survey last year by Miguel Sabadell and Fernando Salamero of the University of Zaragoza in Spain, nearly four-fifths of the respondents said they thought that extraterrestrials exist.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Garcia was born in Zaragoza, Spain, in 1979.

  • Many months pass as we travel from Normandy to Zaragoza, an enormous city filled with beautiful Baroque architecture, including the Basilica del Pilar.

  • Especially in Zaragoza, the fiestas became almost private parties of the upper classes.

Synonyms

Saragossa
vsZaragoza
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A city in northeast Spain on the Ebro River also called Zaragoza

uses the modern Spanish form rather than the older English spelling

Compounds

A city in southeast Mexico near Mexico City, often called Puebla

A city in south-central Mexico southeast of Mexico City

Surface Forms

Zaragoza main

Etymology

Zaragoza comes from the old Roman name Caesaraugusta, named after the emperor Caesar Augustus. Over time the name changed through Latin, Arabic and Spanish into Zaragoza, so the modern name is a very changed form of 'Caesar's city' and reminds us the place began as a Roman city.