Legazpi

Borrowed from Spanish Legazpi, from Basque Legazpi. Named after Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi, the first Governor-General of the Philippines.

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /lɛˈɡas.pɪ/

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Legazpi

1. A city, the provincial capital of Albay, Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines.

Uncertain, perhaps from legar (“gravel, sand”) +‎ azpi (“under”) or legar (“gravel, sand”) +‎ -tze +‎ bi (“two”).

• Hyphenation: Le‧gaz‧pi

Legazpi inan

1. a village and municipality of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain

• → Spanish: Legazpia

• Patxi Salaberri Zaratiegi (2019) “Legazpi”, in Gipuzkoako herrien izenak‎^[1] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia, →ISBN, page 292

Borrowed from Spanish Legazpi, from Basque Legazpi. Named after Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi, the first Governor-General of the Philippines.

• IPA^(key): /leˈɡaspi/ [l̪eˈɡas.pi]
• Hyphenation: Le‧gaz‧pi

Legázpi (Basahan spelling ᜎᜒᜄᜐ᜔ᜉᜒ)

1. Legazpi (a city, the provincial capital of Albay, Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines)

Borrowed from Basque Legazpi. The place in the Philippines is named after Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi, the first Governor-General of the Philippines.

• IPA^(key): /leˈɡaθpi/ [leˈɣ̞aθ.pi] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /leˈɡaspi/ [leˈɣ̞as.pi] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθpi (Spain)
• Rhymes: -aspi (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: Le‧gaz‧pi

Legazpi ?

1. a village in Zumarraga, Gipuzkoa, Spain
2. Legazpi (a city, the provincial capital of Albay, Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines)

Borrowed from Spanish Legazpi, from Basque Legazpi. Named after Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi, the first Governor-General of the Philippines.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /leˈɡaspi/ [lɛˈɣas.pɪ]
• Rhymes: -aspi
• Syllabification: Le‧gaz‧pi

Legazpi (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜄᜐ᜔ᜉᜒ)

1. alternative form of Legaspi (“provincial capital of Albay, Philippines”)
2. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque], variant of Legaspi

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Legazpi is the 58,506^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 204 individuals.