Calleja

See also: calleja

English

Etymology

From Spanish Calleja.

Proper noun

Calleja (plural Callejas)

1. A surname from Spanish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Calleja is the 15639^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1868 individuals. Calleja is most common among Hispanic/Latino (65.95%) and White (25.16%) individuals.

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Spanish Calleja. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈʎeha/ [kaˈʎe.ha]

Proper noun

Calleja (Basahan spelling ᜃᜎ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜌ)

1. a surname from Spanish, common in Albay

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaˈʝexa/ [kaˈʝe.xa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaˈʝexa/ [kaˈʝe.xa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /kaˈʎexa/ [kaˈʎe.xa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaˈʃexa/ [kaˈʃe.xa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˈʒexa/ [kaˈʒe.xa]

• Rhymes: -exa
• Syllabification: Ca‧lle‧ja

Proper noun

Calleja m or f by sense

1. a surname

Derived terms

• tener más cuento que Calleja

 

Further reading

• “Calleja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28