Caltagirone
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian Caltagirone.
Proper noun edit
Caltagirone (countable and uncountable, plural Caltagirones)
- A city in the province of Catania, Sicily, Italy.
- A habitational surname from Italian.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Caltagirone is the 40976th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 532 individuals. Caltagirone is most common among White (95.49%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Caltagirone”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 273.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
The first part is undoubtedly from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa, “fortress, castle”), while the second one could either derive from غِيرَان (ḡīrān), plural of غَار (ḡār, “cave, cavern”), or from خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr, “pig, swine, hog”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Caltagirone f
Proper noun edit
Caltagirone m or f by sense
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015-2024