Cervantes
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Cervantes; see there for more.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /səˈvæntiːz/, /sɛəˈvɑːnteɪz/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /sɚˈvæntiːz/, /sɛɹˈvɑːnteɪz/
Proper noun
Cervantes
- A municipality of Os Ancares, Lugo, Galicia, Spain.
- Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), an influential Spanish author.
- A surname from Spanish.
- The star Mu Arae.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Cervantes is the 387th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 82161 individuals. Cervantes is most common among Hispanic/Latino (95.31%) individuals.
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
From the mountain river of the same name, from a substrate language, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to cut off”) (compare Latin curvus).[1]
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -antes
- Hyphenation: Cer‧van‧tes
Proper noun
Cervantes m
- a municipality of Lugo, Galicia, Spain
- a toponymical surname
References
- “Cervantes” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- “Cervantes” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- ^ Cf. Moralejo, Juan José (2010) "Topónimos célticos en Galicia", in Palaeohispanica (10), page 107.
Spanish
Etymology
Either from ciervo (“stag”) or from Old Spanish servanto, an evolution of Latin serviēns (“servant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θeɾˈbantes/ [θeɾˈβ̞ãn̪.t̪es] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /seɾˈbantes/ [seɾˈβ̞ãn̪.t̪es] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -antes
- Syllabification: Cer‧van‧tes
Proper noun
Cervantes m or f by sense
- a surname
- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616), an influential Spanish author
Derived terms
- cervantesco
- cervantino
- cervántino