Giza

• Gizah, Gize, Gizé, Gizeh (archaic)

From Egyptian Arabic اَلْجِيزَة (il-Gīza). The etymology is uncertain. Al-Maqrizi derives it from Classical Syriac ܓܹܣܵܐ (gissa, “side”). Peust suggests a Persian etymology from Persian دز (dez, “castle”). Everett-Heath suggests an Egyptian etymology from Egyptian r-gs-ḥr (“on the side of the high one (pyramid)”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡiːzə/

Homophone: geezer

• Rhymes: -iːzə

Giza

1. A city on the west bank of the Nile river, Egypt, famous for its ancient monuments including the Great Sphinx of Giza and the Great Pyramid of Giza.

• Carsten Peust, Konstanz (2010) Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten, Göttingen, 2010, p. 44

• Gazi, gazi

From Egyptian Arabic اَلْجِيزَة (il-Gīza), of uncertain origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.za/, /ˈd͡ʒid.d͡za/
• Rhymes: -iza, -iddza
• Hyphenation: Gì‧za
• Homophone: ghisa

Giza f

1. Giza (a city in Egypt)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.za/

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• Rhymes: -iza
• Syllabification: Gi‧za

Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic اَلْجِيزَة (il-Gīza)

Giza f

1. Giza (a city in Egypt)

Borrowed from German Giese or a variant of Giża with mazurzenie.

Giza m pers

1. a male surname from German

Giza f

1. a female surname from German

• Giza in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Giza in PWN's encyclopedia
• “Giza”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022