Segovia

Borrowed from Spanish Segovia, from Latin Segovia, from Celtiberian Segouia, from a suffixed form of Proto-Celtic *segos (“victory”). Related city names include Segeda and Segontia.

• IPA^(key): /sɪˈɡəʊviə/

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Segovia

1. A city in Castile and León, Spain.
2. A province of Castile and León, Spain.
3. The letter S in the Spanish spelling alphabet

• IPA^(key): /seˈɡobja/ [seˈɣ̞o.β̞ja]
• Rhymes: -obja
• Syllabification: Se‧go‧via

Segovia f

1. Segovia (a province of Castile and León, Spain; capital: Segovia)
2. Segovia (a city in Segovia, Spain)
3. a surname

• “Segovia”, 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

Borrowed from Spanish Segovia.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /seˈɡovja/ [sɛˈɣov.jɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (more-native sounding) /seˈɡobja/ [sɛˈɣob.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -ovja, (more-native sounding) -obja
• Syllabification: Se‧gov‧ia

Segovia (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜊ᜔ᜌ)

1. a surname from Spanish deriving from the city and province in Spain

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Segovia is the 880th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 10,633 individuals.