Buscemi

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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

Proper noun

Buscemi

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

Translations

Italian

Etymology

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

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

Proper noun

Buscemi f

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

Proper noun

Buscemi m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Sicilian
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