mazana
Asturian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin māla (“apples”) mattiana (“of Mattium”), though some theorize that mattiana was an Iberian pronunciation of the Gallo-Roman word matianium, a golden apple named after Gaius Matius, a horticulturist and friend of Caesar.[1]
Noun
mazana f (plural mazanes)
Related terms
References
- ^ Agnes, Michael, ed. in chief, Webster's New World College Dictionary, fourth edition, MacMillan, 1999.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈza.na/
- Rhymes: -ana
- Syllabification: ma‧za‧na
Participle
mazana
- feminine nominative/vocative singular of mazany
Serbo-Croatian
Participle
mazana (Cyrillic spelling мазана)
- inflection of mazati:
- feminine singular passive past participle
- neuter plural passive past participle
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈθana/ [maˈθa.na] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /maˈsana/ [maˈsa.na] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -ana
- Syllabification: ma‧za‧na
Noun
mazana f (plural mazanas)
- obsolete spelling of manzana
Further reading
- “mazana”, 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