Hermosillo
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Hermosillo.
Proper noun
Hermosillo (plural Hermosillos)
- A surname from Spanish.
- A city, the capital of Sonora, Mexico.
- Synonym: (historical) Pitic
- Holonym: Hermosillo municipality
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Hermosillo is the 5347th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6508 individuals. Hermosillo is most common among Hispanic/Latino (93.59%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hermosillo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 168.
- Forebears
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɾmoˈsiʝo/ [eɾ.moˈsi.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /eɾmoˈsiʎo/ [eɾ.moˈsi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /eɾmoˈsiʃo/ [eɾ.moˈsi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /eɾmoˈsiʒo/ [eɾ.moˈsi.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -iʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -iʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -iʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: Her‧mo‧si‧llo
Proper noun
Hermosillo m or f by sense
Derived terms
Further reading
- Forebears (Spanish)
- Stefano Ravara, Mapa de Apellidos, 2016-2024