Cañete

See also: Canete and cañete

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Cañete, from cañete (Phragmites australis). Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈɲete/ [kɐˈɲe.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ete
  • Hyphenation: Ca‧ñe‧te

Proper noun

Cañete (Badlit spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜆᜒ)

  1. a surname from Spanish, common in Cebu and western Leyte, and parts of Mindanao

Spanish

Etymology

From cañete (Phragmites australis).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈɲete/ [kaˈɲe.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ete
  • Syllabification: Ca‧ñe‧te

Proper noun

Cañete m or f by sense

  1. a surname
  2. a province of Peru
  3. a city and commune in Chile
  4. (historical) a department of Chile

Statistics

  • According to official data by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística in 2016, Cañete occurs in Spain as a first surname by 6,929 individuals, and as a second surname by 6,687 individuals. It is prevalent in Córdoba, Málaga, Barcelona, Madrid, Seville, and Valencia.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, from cañete (Phragmites australis).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kanˈjete/ [kɐnˈɲɛː.t̪ɛ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /kanˈjete/ [kɐn̪ˈjɛː.t̪ɛ]
  • Rhymes: -ete
  • Syllabification: Ca‧ñe‧te

Proper noun

Cañete (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜆᜒ)

  1. a surname from Spanish