manzana

Meaning

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

Concepts

apple

block

apple tree

apples

city block

crab apples

core

dessert apple

eating apple

urban block

apple-tree

common apple

domestic apple

domestic apple tree

edible apple

Hyphenated as

man‧za‧na

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/manˈθana/

Etymology

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.