Cervantes

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Cervantes; see there for more.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /səˈvæntiːz/, /sɛəˈvɑːnteɪz/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /sɚˈvæntiːz/, /sɛɹˈvɑːnteɪz/

Proper noun

Cervantes

  1. A municipality of Os Ancares, Lugo, Galicia, Spain.
  2. Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), an influential Spanish author.
  3. A surname from Spanish.
  4. The star Mu Arae.

Derived terms

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Cervantes is the 387th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 82161 individuals. Cervantes is most common among Hispanic/Latino (95.31%) individuals.

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology

From the mountain river of the same name, from a substrate language, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to turn, to cut off) (compare Latin curvus).[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /θeɾˈbantes/ [θeɾˈβ̞an̪.t̪es̺]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /seɾˈbantes/ [seɾˈβ̞an̪.t̪es]

  • Rhymes: -antes
  • Hyphenation: Cer‧van‧tes

Proper noun

Cervantes m

  1. a municipality of Lugo, Galicia, Spain
  2. a toponymical surname

References

  • Cervantes” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • Cervantes” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  1. ^ Cf. Moralejo, Juan José (2010) "Topónimos célticos en Galicia", in Palaeohispanica (10), page 107.

Spanish

Etymology

Either from ciervo (stag) or from Old Spanish servanto, an evolution of Latin serviēns (servant).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cervantes m or f by sense

  1. a surname
  2. Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616), an influential Spanish author

Derived terms