Buscema

English

Alternative form

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian Buscema.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɛma

Proper noun

Buscema

  1. a surname, especially of Sicilian ancestry


Italian

Alternative form

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian Buscema.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɛma

Proper noun

Buscema ?

  1. a surname, especially of Sicilian ancestry


Sicilian

Etymology

From Late Latin Buxema, from Arabic قَلْعَة أَبِي‎ شَامَة‎ (qalʿat ʾabī šāma), meaning “Castle of the man with the mole” or “Castle of [the family] abi Shama”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʊʃˈʃɛ.ma/
  • Hyphenation: Bu‧scè‧ma

Proper noun

Buscema f

  1. Buscemi (a small town in the province of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy)
  2. a surname, especially of Italian ancestry

See also
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