mazá

Meaning

1. (feminine) apple
2. (feminine) knob, pommel

Pronounced as (IPA)

[maˈθaː]

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese maçãa, 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.