Cuenca

See also: cuenca

English

Etymology

From Spanish Cuenca, from cuenca (“valley; watershed”).

Proper noun

Cuenca

1. A province of Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Capital: Cuenca.
2. A city in Cuenca, Spain.
3. The third largest city in Ecuador, capital of Azuay province.

Translations

province of Spain

• Catalan: Conca
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• Spanish: Cuenca

city in Spain

• Catalan: Conca
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• Spanish: Cuenca

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Spanish

Etymology

From cuenca (“valley; watershed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwenka/ [ˈkwẽŋ.ka]

Proper noun

Cuenca f

1. Cuenca (a province of Castile-La Mancha, Spain; capital: Cuenca)
2. Cuenca (a city in Cuenca, Spain)
3. Cuenca (a city in Ecuador)

Derived terms

• cuencano

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Cuenca, from cuenca (“watershed”).

Proper noun

Cuenca

1. A municipality of Batangas, Philippines.
2. from Spanish, of toponymic origin

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Cuenca is the 448th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 23,604 individuals.