Belmonte

Portuguese

Etymology

From belo (“beautiful”) +‎ monte (“mountain”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bewˈmõ.t͡ʃi/ [beʊ̯ˈmõ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bewˈmõ.t͡ʃi/ [beʊ̯ˈmõ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bewˈmõ.te/ [beʊ̯ˈmõ.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɛlˈmõ.tɨ/ [bɛɫˈmõ.tɨ]

• Audio (Portugal):

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• Hyphenation: Bel‧mon‧te

Proper noun

Belmonte m

1. Belmonte (a village and municipality of Castelo Branco district, Portugal)
2. Belmonte (a town and municipality of Bahia, Brazil)
3. A village and municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Related terms

• belmontense

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /belˈmonte/ [belˈmõn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -onte
• Syllabification: Bel‧mon‧te

Proper noun

Belmonte m or f by sense

1. a surname

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /belˈmonte/ [bɛlˈmon.tɛ]
• Rhymes: -onte
• Syllabification: Bel‧mon‧te

Proper noun

Belmonte (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎ᜔ᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. a surname from Spanish, most notably borne by:
   • Feliciano Belmonte Jr., Representative of the Fourth District of Quezon City.

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Belmonte is the 567^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 15,918 individuals.