manzana

Betekenis

1. (feminine) apple
2. (feminine) city block

Koppelteken as

man‧za‧na

Geslag

♀️ Vroulik

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/manˈθana/

Etimologie

From earlier mazana, from Vulgar Latin *mattiāna, ellipsis of māla mattiāna, plural of Latin mālum mattiānum (literally “apple of Matius”), referring to a kind of apple. Gaius Matius, a friend of Julius Caesar and Cicero, was a Roman horticulturist and author of cookbooks. Cognate with Portuguese maçã, dialectal Catalan maçana.