Veracruz

See also: Vera Cruz

English

Etymology

From Spanish Veracruz, from vera (“true”) + cruz (“cross”).

Proper noun

Veracruz (countable and uncountable, plural Veracruzes)

1. A coastal state in southeastern Mexico.
2. A city in Veracruz, Mexico.
3. A surname from Spanish.

Translations

state of Mexico

Chinese: Mandarin: 韋拉克魯斯 / 韦拉克鲁斯 (Wéilākèlǔsī) Korean: 베라크루스 주 (Berakeuruseu ju) Marathi: बेराक्रुस n (berākrus) Spanish: Veracruz (es) f

city in Mexico

Afrikaans: Veracruz Arabic: فيراكروز (firakruz) Egyptian Arabic: مدينة فيراكروز (madinat firakruz) Armenian: Վերակրուս (Verakrus) Asturian: Veracruz Basque: Veracruz Bavarian: Veracruz Breton: Veracruz Bulgarian: Веракрус (Verakrus) Catalan: Veracruz Cebuano: Veracruz Cheyenne: Veracruz Chinese: Mandarin: 韋拉克魯斯 / 韦拉克鲁斯 (Wéilākèlǔsī) Wu: 韦拉克鲁斯市 Czech: Veracruz Danish: Veracruz Dutch: Veracruz Estonian: Veracruz Finnish: Veracruz (fi) French: Veracruz (fr) Galician: Veracruz (gl) Georgian: ვერაკრუსი (veraḳrusi) German: Veracruz (de) Greek: Βερακρούς (Verakroús) Hungarian: Veracruz (hu) Ilocano: Veracruz Indonesian: Veracruz Irish: Veracruz Italian: Veracruz Japanese: ベラクルス (Berakurusu) Ladino: Veracruz Latin: Vera Crux Lithuanian: Verakrusas Marathi: बेराक्रुथ (berākruth), बेराक्रुस (berākrus) Mari: Western Mari: Веракрус (Verakrus) Mingrelian: ვერაკრუსი (veraḳrusi) Norwegian: Veracruz Nynorsk: Veracruz Polish: Veracruz Portuguese: Veracruz Quechua: Veracruz Romanian: Veracruz Russian: Веракру́с (ru) (Verakrús) Scots: Veracruz Serbo-Croatian: Веракруз (Verakruz), Veracruz Silesian: Veracruz Spanish: Veracruz (es) Swahili: Veracruz Swedish: Veracruz Tamil: வேராகுரூசு (vērākurūcu) Tatar: Веракрус (Weraqrus) Thai: เบรากรุซ (Be-rā-kru-s) Turkish: Veracruz Ukrainian: Веракру́с (Verakrús) Uzbek: Verakrus Vietnamese: Veracruz Waray-Waray: Veracruz Welsh: Veracruz

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Veracruz is the 37899^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 586 individuals. Veracruz is most common among Hispanic/Latino (51.37%), Asian/Pacific Islander (29.52%) and White (10.24%) individuals.

See also

Divisions of the United Mexican States in English (layout · text)

States: Aguascalientes · Baja California · Baja California Sur · Campeche · Chiapas · Chihuahua · Coahuila · Colima · Durango · Guanajuato · Guerrero · Hidalgo · Jalisco · Mexico · Michoacán · Morelos · Nayarit · Nuevo León · Oaxaca · Puebla · Querétaro · Quintana Roo · San Luis Potosí · Sinaloa · Sonora · Tabasco · Tamaulipas · Tlaxcala · Veracruz · Yucatán · Zacatecas

Autonomous city: Mexico City

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Veracruz”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Veracruz

1. Veracruz (a state of Mexico)

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Veracruz

Wikipedia ^es

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾaˈkɾuθ/ [be.ɾaˈkɾuθ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /beɾaˈkɾus/ [be.ɾaˈkɾus] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -uθ (Spain)
• Rhymes: -us (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: Ve‧ra‧cruz

Proper noun

Veracruz f

1. Veracruz (a state of Mexico)

   Synonym: (abbreviation) VC

2. Veracruz (a city in Mexico)

Related terms

• veracruzano

See also

Divisions of the United Mexican States in Spanish (layout · text)

Estados: Aguascalientes · Baja California · Baja California Sur · Campeche · Chiapas · Chihuahua · Coahuila · Colima · Durango · Guanajuato · Guerrero · Hidalgo · Jalisco · México · Michoacán · Morelos · Nayarit · Nuevo León · Oaxaca · Puebla · Querétaro · Quintana Roo · San Luis Potosí · Sinaloa · Sonora · Tabasco · Tamaulipas · Tlaxcala · Veracruz · Yucatán · Zacatecas

Ciudad autónoma: Ciudad de México

Turkish

 Veracruz on Turkish Wikipedia

 Veracruz (şehir) on Turkish Wikipedia

Proper noun

Veracruz

1. Veracruz (a state of Mexico)
2. Veracruz (a city in Mexico)