Echegaray

Borrowed from Basque Etxegarai (literally “high house, house on top of a hill”), from etxe (“house”) and garai (“high”).

• IPA^(key): /et͡ʃeɡaˈɾai/ [e.t͡ʃe.ɣ̞aˈɾai̯]
• Rhymes: -ai
• Syllabification: E‧che‧ga‧ray

Echegaray m or f by sense

1. a surname from Basque

Borrowed from Spanish, from Basque Etxegarai.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔet͡ʃeɡaˈɾaj/ [ʔɛt.t͡ʃɛ.ɣɐˈɾaɪ̯]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔetseɡaˈɾaj/ [ʔɛt̪.sɛ.ɣɐˈɾaɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: E‧che‧ga‧ray

Echegaráy (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜄᜇᜌ᜔)

1. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque]

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Echegaray is the 98,554^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 77 individuals.