Pitta
See also: pitta
Translingual
editEtymology
editProper noun
editPitta f
Usage notes
editFollowing a 2006 study, a number of species previously in Pitta were reclassified into two newly created genera within family Pittidae.
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Pitta anerythra, Pitta angolensis, Pitta brachyura, Pitta dohertyi, Pitta elegans, Pitta iris, Pitta maxima, Pitta megarhyncha, Pitta moluccensis, Pitta nympha, Pitta reichenowi, Pitta sordida, Pitta steerii, Pitta superba, Pitta versicolor (species)
References
edit- Pitta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pitta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Pitta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
- Irestedt, M., Ohlson, J. I., Zuccon, D., Källersjö, M. & Ericson, P. G. P. (2006) “Nuclear DNA from old collections of avian study skins reveals the evolutionary history of the Old World suboscines (Aves: Passeriformes)”, in Zoologica Scripta[1], volume 35, , pages 567–580
English
editEtymology
editProper noun
editPitta (plural Pittas)
- A surname from Italian.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Pitta is the 41426th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 525 individuals. Pitta is most common among White (72.95%), Asian/Pacific Islander (12.38%) and Hispanic/Latino (11.62%) individuals.
See also
editFurther reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pitta”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Italian
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
editPitta m or f by sense
- a surname
Further reading
edit- Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015-2024
Categories:
- Translingual terms derived from Telugu
- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual proper nouns
- mul:Taxonomic names (genus)
- mul:Birds
- English terms borrowed from Italian
- English terms derived from Italian
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Italian
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian proper nouns with irregular gender
- Italian masculine nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian nouns with multiple genders
- Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense
- Italian surnames