Capistrano

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English

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Proper noun

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Capistrano

  1. (informal) The city of San Juan Capistrano, California, known for its cliff swallows.
    • a. 2003, Talmage Powell, "Survival Exercise", in, 2003, Kit Duane, editor, The Campfire Collection: Ghosts, Beasts, and Things That Go Bump in the Night, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 138,
      I felt the sick certainty that the thing had antennae, a sense unknown to human beings—a guidance system like the sonar of a bat, the instinct of a Capistrano swallow, the built-in controls of an SAM missile.

Anagrams

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From Spanish. After Saint John of Capestrano.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Ca‧pis‧tra‧no
  • IPA(key): /ˌkapisˈtɾano/ [ˌka.pɪs̪ˈt̪ɾ̪a.n̪o]

Proper noun

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Capistrano

  1. a surname from Spanish
  2. a male given name

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish, in honor of St. John to Capestrano.

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Proper noun

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Capistrano (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜈᜓ)

  1. a Christian surname from Spanish

Statistics

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According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Capistrano is the 261st most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 28,549 individuals.