Cervantes
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish Cervantes; see there for more.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /səˈvæntiːz/, /sɛəˈvɑːnteɪz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /sɚˈvæntiːz/, /sɛɹˈvɑːnteɪz/
Proper noun edit
Cervantes
- A municipality of Os Ancares, Lugo, Galicia, Spain
- Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), an influential Spanish author.
- A surname from Spanish.
- The star Mu Arae.
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Cervantes is the 387th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 82161 individuals. Cervantes is most common among Hispanic/Latino (95.31%) individuals.
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From the mountain river of the same name, from a substrate language, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to cut off”) (compare Latin curvus).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -antes
- Hyphenation: Cer‧van‧tes
Proper noun edit
Cervantes m
- A municipality of Lugo, Galicia, Spain
- a toponymical surname
References edit
- “Cervantes” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- “Cervantes” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- ^ Cf. Moralejo, Juan José (2010) "Topónimos célticos en Galicia", in Palaeohispanica (10), page 107.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Either from ciervo (“stag”) or from Old Spanish servanto, an evolution of Latin serviēns (“servant”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θeɾˈbantes/ [θeɾˈβ̞ãn̪.t̪es]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /seɾˈbantes/ [seɾˈβ̞ãn̪.t̪es]
- Rhymes: -antes
- Syllabification: Cer‧van‧tes
Proper noun edit
Cervantes m or f by sense
- a surname
- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616), an influential Spanish author