Sul

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Sul (plural Suls)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sul is the 41100^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 530 individuals. Sul is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (64.53%), White (16.79&) and Hispanic/Latino (16.23%) individuals.

Shortenings

Sul (plural Suls)

1. Diminutive of Sully.
2. Diminutive of Sullivan.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sul”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

From Proto-Brythonic, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin sōl (“the sun”). Compare Welsh Sul, Cornish Sul.

• IPA^(key): /syl/

Sul m

1. Sunday
2. (astronomy) the Sun

• disul

• (day of the week): Previous: Sadorn. Next: Lun

Sul m

1. South Region (a macroregion of Brazil, composed of the states of Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina)

• sulista

Inherited from Middle Welsh Sul, from Latin Sōl(is).

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈsɨːl/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈsiːl/

Sul m (plural Suliau, not mutable)

1. (bound morpheme) Sunday

This word only appears in terms in conjunction with other words, such as dydd Sul (“Sunday”) and nos Sul (“Sunday night”).

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “Sul”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies