Bacallao

See also: bacallao

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Bacallao. This surname is mostly found in Cuba.

Proper noun

Bacallao (plural Bacallaos)

1. A surname from Spanish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Armagost is the 34495^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 656 individuals. Armagost is most common among Hispanic/Latino (89.48%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bacallao”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 78.

Spanish

Etymology

From bacallao, alternative form of bacalao (“cod”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bakaˈʝao/ [ba.kaˈʝa.o]

• IPA^(key): /bakaˈʝao/ [ba.kaˈʝa.o] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /bakaˈʎao/ [ba.kaˈʎa.o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /bakaˈʃao/ [ba.kaˈʃa.o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /bakaˈʒao/ [ba.kaˈʒa.o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -ao
• Syllabification: Ba‧ca‧lla‧o

Proper noun

Bacallao m or f by sense

1. a surname