Fonseca
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Fonseca.
Proper noun
[edit]Fonseca (plural Fonsecas)
- A surname.
- A gulf bordering El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Fonseca is the 1363rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 25863 individuals. Fonseca is most common among Hispanic/Latino (77.57%) and White (18.23%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fonseca”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 588.
Anagrams
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -ekɐ
- Hyphenation: Fon‧se‧ca
Proper noun
[edit]Fonseca m or f by sense
- a surname
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Portuguese Fonseca, from fonte seca (literally “dry well”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Fonseca m or f by sense
- a surname
Proper noun
[edit]Fonseca m
- A gulf bordering El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Spanish
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- English lemmas
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- en:Gulfs
- en:Places in El Salvador
- en:Places in Honduras
- en:Places in Nicaragua
- English surnames from Portuguese
- English surnames from Spanish
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ekɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ekɐ/3 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese nouns with multiple genders
- Portuguese masculine and feminine nouns by sense
- Portuguese surnames
- Spanish terms borrowed from Portuguese
- Spanish terms derived from Portuguese
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/eka
- Rhymes:Spanish/eka/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish nouns with multiple genders
- Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense
- Spanish surnames
- es:Gulfs
- es:Places in El Salvador
- es:Places in Honduras
- es:Places in Nicaragua