Damasco

See also: damasco and damascò

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian or Spanish Damasco; this surname is predominantly found in the Philippines.

Proper noun

Damasco (plural Damascos)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Damasco is the 39212^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 561 individuals. Damasco is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (37.97%), Hispanic/Latino (34.94%) and White (21.39%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Damasco”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 406.

Galician

Proper noun

Damasco

1. Damascus (the capital city of Syria)

Derived terms

• damasco

Related terms

• damasceno
• damasquino

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daˈma.sko/
• Rhymes: -asko
• Hyphenation: Da‧mà‧sco

Proper noun

Damasco f

1. Damascus (the capital city of Syria)

Proper noun

Damasco m or f by sense

1. a surname

Derived terms

• damasco

Related terms

• damasceno
• damaschino

Anagrams

• madosca

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Damascus, from Ancient Greek Δαμασκός (Damaskós), from Semitic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daˈmasko/

Proper noun

Damasco m

1. Damascus
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 79r:

     Sant pablo q̃ ante auie nõbre ſaulus fue del tribu de beniamin naſcio en iuda e al ſegũdo año ap̃s dela paſſiõ de iħu xp̃o baptizo ananias e damaſco […]

     Saint Paul, who before had the name Saul, was of the tribe of Benjamin. He was born in Judea, and in the second year after the Passion of Jesus Christ Ananias baptized [him] in Damascus […]

Descendants

• Spanish: Damasco

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Damascus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /daˈmas.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /daˈmas.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /daˈmaʃ.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /daˈmas.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɐˈmaʃ.ku/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -asku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃku
• Homophone: damasco
• Hyphenation: Da‧mas‧co

Proper noun

Damasco

1. Damascus (the capital city of Syria)

Derived terms

• damasco

Related terms

• damasceno
• damasquino

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish Damasco, from Latin Damascus, from Ancient Greek Δαμασκός (Damaskós), from Semitic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daˈmasko/ [d̪aˈmas.ko]
• Rhymes: -asko
• Syllabification: Da‧mas‧co

Proper noun

Damasco m

1. Damascus (the capital city of Syria)

Derived terms

• ciruela Damasco
• damasco

 

Related terms

• damasceno
• damasquino

 

Anagrams

• moscada