# Giza

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɡiːzə/ · frequency rank #37,940

## Definitions
1. A city on the west bank of the Nile river, Egypt, famous for its ancient monuments including the Great Sphinx of Giza and the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2. A governorate of Egypt.

## Etymology
From Egyptian Arabic اَلْجِيزَة (il-Gīza). The etymology is uncertain. Al-Maqrizi derives it from Classical Syriac ܓܹܣܵܐ (gissa, “side”). Peust suggests a Persian etymology from Persian دز (dez, “castle”). Everett-Heath suggests an Egyptian etymology from Egyptian r-gs-ḥr (“on the side of the high one (pyramid)”).

## Easily confused with
- **GTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giza-vs-gta)
- **GPA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giza-vs-gpa)
- **Goa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giza-vs-goa)
- **gma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giza-vs-gma)
- **GSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giza-vs-gsa)
- **goya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giza-vs-goya)
- **gizmo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giza-vs-gizmo)
- **Ga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ga-vs-giza)
- **gi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gi-vs-giza)
- **gig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gig-vs-giza)
- **gif** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gif-vs-giza)
- **gin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gin-vs-giza)
- **Gil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gil-vs-giza)
- **git** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/git-vs-giza)
- **Gia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gia-vs-giza)
- **Gio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gio-vs-giza)
- **Gaz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaz-vs-giza)
- **GBA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gba-vs-giza)
- **gib** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gib-vs-giza)
- **give** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/give-vs-giza)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ggiza`, `giaz`, `gizza`, `gzia`, `igza`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/giza