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Badajoz

/badaˈxoθ/

proper noun/badaˈxoθ/

Badajoz (a city and municipality, the capital of the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain); Badajoz (a province of Extremadura, Spain, around the city)

Perhaps from Mozarabic, perhaps from Latin Pācem Augustam. /st/ > /t͡s/ is characteristic of Mozarabic. Compare Arabic بَطَلْيَوْس (baṭalyaws).