balenciaga means A surname from Basque, denoting origin or inhabitation in the Valencia region of Spain. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
name
- 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.”
- 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.”
noun
- 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.”