Meaning and background
The story behind Zsa
Zsa appears as a component of the repeated professional name Zsa Zsa Gabor. The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery records a 1951 portrait of the actress by photographer Philippe Halsman, made as a gelatin silver print. The collection identifies the sitter using the full spaced name Zsa Zsa Gábor. This supports a specific portrait and entertainment association for Zsa, without establishing the single component as a variant, translation or independently documented personal-name etymology.
- Association
- Component association with the repeated professional name Zsa Zsa Gabor, documented in a Smithsonian portrait record. Source
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About Zsa
Recorded as a dog’s name
Zsa appears in 5 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/ʒɑ/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/ʒɑ/ · primary stress on syllable 1ZH AA1
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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