borgia

Other forms of borgia

plural

borgias·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about borgia

What does borgia mean?

borgia means "Italian pope whose nepotism put the Borgia family in power in Italy (1378-1458)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in borgia?

borgia has 2 syllables: bor-gia. The stress falls on "bor". In IPA it is /ˈbɔɹdʒə/.

What is another word for borgia?

Close synonyms include Calixtus III, Alfonso Borgia, Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara, Cesare Borgia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is borgia a common word?

borgia is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.