Caltagirone

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Caltagirone.

Proper noun

Caltagirone (countable and uncountable, plural Caltagirones)

1. A city in the province of Catania, Sicily, Italy.
2. A habitational surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Caltagirone is the 40976^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 532 individuals. Caltagirone is most common among White (95.49%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Caltagirone”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 273.

Italian

Etymology

The first part is undoubtedly from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa, “fortress, castle”), while the second one could either derive from غِيرَان (ḡīrān), plural of غَار (ḡār, “cave, cavern”), or from خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr, “pig, swine, hog”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kal.ta.d͡ʒiˈro.ne/
• Rhymes: -one
• Hyphenation: Cal‧ta‧gi‧ró‧ne

Proper noun

Caltagirone f

1. A town in the province Catania, Sicily

Proper noun

Caltagirone m or f by sense

1. a habitational surname

Derived terms

• calatino
• caltagironese

Further reading

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025

Anagrams

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