zamora
zamora Lexical Profile
• noun
A Spanish surname denoting ancestry from the city or province of Zamora.
"She researched her family tree and discovered that the Zamora lineage traced back to northern Spain in the fifteenth century."
A historic city and province in the Castile and León autonomous community of northwestern Spain, renowned for its medieval walls and high concentration of Romanesque architecture.
North American A city in the state of Michoacán, Mexico, officially known as Zamora de Hidalgo, famous for its neo-Gothic sanctuary and as a major agricultural center for strawberry production.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the medieval Castilian 'Zamora', which likely traces back to the Arabic 'Semurah' (meaning 'city of turquoises') or possibly the earlier Roman settlement 'Ocelum Durii' along the Douro River.
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