Bacallao
See also: bacallao
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Bacallao. This surname is mostly found in Cuba.
Proper noun
Bacallao (plural Bacallaos)
- A surname from Spanish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Armagost is the 34495th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 656 individuals. Armagost is most common among Hispanic/Latino (89.48%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bacallao”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 78.
Spanish
Etymology
From bacallao, alternative form of bacalao (“cod”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bakaˈʝao/ [ba.kaˈʝa.o] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /bakaˈʎao/ [ba.kaˈʎa.o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /bakaˈʃao/ [ba.kaˈʃa.o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /bakaˈʒao/ [ba.kaˈʒa.o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ao
- Syllabification: Ba‧ca‧lla‧o
Proper noun
Bacallao m or f by sense
- a surname