Cervantes

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Cervantes; see there for more.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cervantes

  1. A municipality of Os Ancares, Lugo, Galicia, Spain
  2. Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), an influential Spanish author.
  3. A surname from Spanish.
  4. 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

Cervantes, Galicia

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

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /θeɾˈbantes/ [θeɾˈβ̞an̪.t̪es̺]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /seɾˈbantes/ [seɾˈβ̞an̪.t̪es]

  • Rhymes: -antes
  • Hyphenation: Cer‧van‧tes

Proper noun

Cervantes m

  1. A municipality of Lugo, Galicia, Spain
  2. 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.
  1. 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): (Spain) /θeɾˈbantes/ [θeɾˈβ̞ãn̪.t̪es]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /seɾˈbantes/ [seɾˈβ̞ãn̪.t̪es]
  • Rhymes: -antes
  • Syllabification: Cer‧van‧tes

Proper noun

Cervantes m or f by sense

  1. a surname
  2. Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616), an influential Spanish author

Derived terms

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