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Balenciaga

/bəˌlɛnsiˈɑːɡə/

Balenciaga proper noun: a surname from Basque, denoting origin or inhabitation in the Valencia region of Spain.

Proper noun

Balenciaga

  1. A surname from Basque, denoting origin or inhabitation in the Valencia region of Spain.
    • On Saturday night a dinner was held for Nicolas Ghesquiere of Balenciaga beneath Tiepolo’s hallucinatory and superpopulated ceiling at the Palazzo Clerici.2007 June 28, Guy Trebay, “Looking Like a Billion Bucks”, in New York Times
  2. A luxury fashion house founded in 1919 by Cristóbal Balenciaga, based in Spain and France.
    • Balenciaga's couture openings are not gala affairs packed with friends, but tense performances where everyone concentrates madly and in silence to take in the fast-paced show.1960, Bettina Ballard, In My Fashion

Noun

Balenciaga (plural Balenciagas)

  1. A product of the Balenciaga brand, especially shoes or a handbag.
    • Mona Bismarck took eighty-eight numbers in 1963, fairly typical except for the year when many of her clothes were in a train wreck and she ordered one hundred fifty Balenciagas all at once.2013 February 5, Mary Blume, The Master of Us All: Balenciaga, His Workrooms, His World, Macmillan, →ISBN
    • Cigarettes and tiny liquor bottles / Just what you’d expect inside her new Balenciaga2015 July 10, Halsey, Larzz Principato, Kalkutta, James Mtume, “New Americana”, in Badlands, performed by Halsey

Forms of Balenciaga

pluralBalenciagas

Origin of Balenciaga

From Basque, from Balencia (“Valencia”) + -aga (“place of”). Compare Basque Zubiaga.

Questions about Balenciaga

What does Balenciaga mean?
Balenciaga means a surname from Basque, denoting origin or inhabitation in the Valencia region of Spain.
What part of speech is Balenciaga?
Balenciaga can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Balenciaga?
Balenciaga is pronounced /bəˌlɛnsiˈɑːɡə/.

Words near Balenciaga in the dictionary

  1. balefullest
  2. balefully
  3. balefulness
  4. balei
  5. baleless
  6. Balenciaga
  7. balenine
  8. Baleno
  9. balenological
  10. balenology
  11. balenopterid

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