Cuenca

See also: cuenca

English

Etymology

From Spanish Cuenca, from cuenca (“valley; watershed”).

Proper noun

Cuenca

1. A province of Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Capital: Cuenca.
2. A surname from Spanish.
3. A city in Cuenca, Spain.
4. The third largest city in Ecuador, capital of Azuay province.

Translations

province of Spain

• Catalan: Conca
• Galician: Cuenca (gl)
• Spanish: Cuenca (es)

city in Spain

• Catalan: Conca
• Galician: Cuenca (gl)
• Spanish: Cuenca (es)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cuenca is the 9611^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3381 individuals. Cuenca is most common among Hispanic/Latino (79.44%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (14.29%) individuals.

Spanish

Etymology

From cuenca (“valley; watershed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwenka/ [ˈkwẽŋ.ka]
• Rhymes: -enka
• Syllabification: Cuen‧ca

Proper noun

Cuenca f

1. Cuenca (a province of Castile-La Mancha, Spain; capital: Cuenca)
2. Cuenca (a city in Cuenca, Spain)
3. Cuenca (a city in Ecuador)

Derived terms

• cuencano
• poner mirando pa' Cuenca

 

Further reading

• “Cuenca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Cuenca, from cuenca (“watershed”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuˈeŋka/ [ˈkwɛŋ.kɐ]
• Rhymes: -eŋka
• Syllabification: Cu‧en‧ca

Proper noun

Cuenca (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜅ᜔ᜃ)

1. A municipality of Batangas, Philippines
2. a surname from Spanish [in turn transferred from the place name]

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Cuenca is the 448th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 23,604 individuals.