Calica
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Tagalog Calica, a metonymic occupational surname from Spanish caliza (“limestone”).
Proper noun[edit]
Calica (plural Calicas)
- A surname.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Calica is the 40800th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 535 individuals. Calica is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (67.66%), Mixed Race (11.21%) and White (10.84%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Calica”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 271.
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Calicu + -a, from calic.
Proper noun[edit]
Calica m
- (historical) A village in Tulcea, in eastern Romania. Renamed to Iazurile in 1964.
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Tagalog
- English terms derived from Tagalog
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Tagalog
- English surnames from Spanish
- Romanian terms suffixed with -a
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian proper nouns
- Romanian masculine nouns
- Romanian terms with historical senses
- ro:Villages in Tulcea County, Romania
- ro:Villages in Romania
- ro:Places in Tulcea County, Romania
- ro:Places in Romania