Imus
English edit
Etymology edit
Origin unidentified.
Proper noun edit
Imus (plural Imuses)
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Imus is the 34668th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 652 individuals. Imus is most common among White (83.44%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Imus”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 228.
Anagrams edit
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From imus, imos (“land between the tributary of two rivers”), a reference to the original townsite at Toclong, around the confluence of Imus and Julian rivers. Alternative origins and folk etymologies include derivation from Latin infimus and Spanish céntimos.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Imus (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜓᜐ᜔)
- Imus (city and de jure provincial capital in Cavite, Philippines)
- 1992, Santiago V. Alvarez, The Katipunan and the Revolution: Memoirs of a General : with the Original Tagalog Text, Ateneo University Press, →ISBN:
- Nang makuha na ng mga kastila ang Perez Dasmarinas, ay hindi naluwatan sa kanilang pamamalagi at pag-aayos doon, at muling gumayak ng paglusob sa Imus.
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