Leza
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish Leza, a habitational surname from Basque.
Proper noun
[edit]Leza (plural Lezas)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Leza is the 37229th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 599 individuals. Leza is most common among Hispanic/Latino (89.65%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Leza”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 432.
Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from leize (“cave”).
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: Le‧za
Proper noun
[edit]Leza inan
- A village and municipality of La Rioja, Spain
Declension
[edit]Declension of Leza (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | Leza | Leza | Lezak |
ergative | Lezak | Lezak | Lezek |
dative | Lezari | Lezari | Lezei |
genitive | Lezaren | Lezaren | Lezen |
comitative | Lezarekin | Lezarekin | Lezekin |
causative | Lezarengatik | Lezarengatik | Lezengatik |
benefactive | Lezarentzat | Lezarentzat | Lezentzat |
instrumental | Lezaz | Lezaz | Lezez |
inessive | Lezatan | Lezan | Lezetan |
locative | Lezatako | Lezako | Lezetako |
allative | Lezatara | Lezara | Lezetara |
terminative | Lezataraino | Lezaraino | Lezetaraino |
directive | Lezatarantz | Lezarantz | Lezetarantz |
destinative | Lezatarako | Lezarako | Lezetarako |
ablative | Lezatatik | Lezatik | Lezetatik |
partitive | Lezarik | — | — |
prolative | Lezatzat | — | — |
References
[edit]- “Leza”, in Euskal Onomastikaren Datutegia [Basque Onomastic Database], Euskaltzaindia
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Spanish
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English terms derived from Basque
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Basque
- English surnames from Spanish
- Basque terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Basque/es̻a
- Rhymes:Basque/es̻a/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Basque/es̺a
- Rhymes:Basque/es̺a/2 syllables
- Basque lemmas
- Basque proper nouns
- Basque inanimate nouns
- eu:Villages in La Rioja
- eu:Villages in Spain
- eu:Municipalities of Spain
- eu:Places in La Rioja
- eu:Places in Spain