Buscemi

• Buscema

From Italian Buscemi, from Sicilian Buscema, from Old Sicilian Buxema, from Arabic قَلْعَةْ أَبُو شَامَة (qalʕat ʔabū šāma), meaning “Castle of the man with the mole”.

• IPA^(key): /buːˈsɛmi/
• Rhymes: -ɛmi

Buscemi

1. Buscemi (a small town in the province of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy).
2. a surname, especially of Sicilian ancestry

Adapted from Sicilian Buscema, from Old Sicilian Buxema, ultimately from Arabic قَلْعَةْ أَبُو شَامَة (qalʕat ʔabū šāma), meaning “Castle of the man with the mole”.

• IPA^(key): /buʃˈʃɛ.mi/
• Rhymes: -ɛmi
• Hyphenation: Bu‧scè‧mi

Buscemi f

1. Buscemi (a stown in the province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy)

Buscemi m or f by sense

1. a surname transferred from the place name

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025