# raza
## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈraθa/ [ˈra.θa]
* Hyphenation: ra‧za

### Noun

raza f (plural races)
* race (a large group of people set apart from others on the basis of a common heritage)

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈraθa/ [ˈra.θɐ]
* IPA: (standard) /ˈraθa/ [ˈra.θɐ]
* IPA: (seseo) /ˈrasa/ [ˈra.sɐ]
* Rhymes: -aθa
* Rhymes: -aθa
* Rhymes: -asa
* Hyphenation: ra‧za

### Etymology 1

Attested since the late 15th century. Probably from Old Spanish raça, whose etymology is obscure.

#### Noun

raza m (plural razas)
* race
* breed

### Etymology 2

From Latin radius. Doublet of raio and raxo.

#### Noun

raza m (plural razas)
* ray
    Synonym: raio
* spoke
* crack, fissure in the nails or hoofs of cows, horses or pigs

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “raça”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “raza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “raza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “raza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “raza”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Ladin
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ra‧za

### Noun

raza f (plural razes)
* race (group of people)

## Livonian
### Alternative forms

* (Courland) razā

### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rasva.

### Noun

raza
* fat

## Old Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /raza/
* IPA: (15th CE) /raza/

### Noun

raza f
* Alternative form of raz

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* (Middle Polish) IPA: /ˈra.za/

### Noun

raza m inan
* Middle Polish form of raz

#### Declension
## Rohingya
### Alternative forms

* 𐴌𐴝𐴎𐴝 (raza) — Hanifi Rohingya script

### Noun

raza (Hanifi spelling 𐴌𐴝𐴎𐴝)
* king

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈraza]

### Noun

raza f
* definite nominative/accusative singular of rază

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /ˈraθa/ [ˈra.θa]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈrasa/ [ˈra.sa]
* Rhymes: -aθa
* Rhymes: -asa
* Syllabification: ra‧za
* Homophone: (Latin America) rasa

### Etymology 1

Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Italian razza (compare other Romance cognates such as French race, Catalan raça, Occitan raça).

#### Noun

raza f (plural razas)
* race, ethnicity
    la raza (localism) ― the people, mestizo
* breed, strain, lineage
    ¿Cómo es que yo nunca he oído de esa raza de perro antes?How is it that I've never heard of that dog breed before?

##### Derived terms

* de raza
* Día de la Raza
* raza humana
* raza superior

##### Related terms

* racismo
* racista

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Spanish raça, from Vulgar Latin *radia, from Latin radius. Probably a doublet of raya. Compare also Romanian rază (“ray of light”).

#### Noun

raza f (plural razas)
* cleft, fissure
* beam of light, ray of light
* crack (in a horse’s hoof)
* stripe

##### Related terms

* raya
* rayo

### References

* ↑ Real Academia Española
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “raza”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Further reading

* “raza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10