Fraga
English
Proper noun
Fraga
- A small town by the river Cinca in Bajo Cinca, Huesca, Aragon, Spain, whose inhabitants speak Fragatí, a distinct local dialect of Catalan.
- The 1134 Battle of Fraga was the site of the death of Alfonso I.
- A surname of Iberian origin.
Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Fraga f
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
Spanish and Portuguese surname, named after several placenames in Galicia and Portugal, all from fraga (“cliff”).
Proper noun
Fraga m or f by sense
- a surname
Further reading
- “Fraga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024