Fallas
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Two main origins:
- A variant of Fallis, an English surname.
- Borrowed from Spanish Fallas, a surname predominantly found in Costa Rica.
Proper noun
[edit]Fallas (plural Fallases)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Fallas is the 39887th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 550 individuals. Fallas is most common among Hispanic/Latino (65.82%) and White (32.91%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fallas”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 548.
Spanish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Fallas f pl
- an annual festival held in Valencia where effigies are made and burned
Proper noun
[edit]Fallas m or f by sense
- a surname
Derived terms
[edit]Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Spanish
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Spanish
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish pluralia tantum
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish nouns with multiple genders
- Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense
- Spanish surnames