Paras
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "paras"
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Two main origins:
- Borrowed from Kapampangan Paras; this surname is predominantly found in Central Luzon region.
- Borrowed from Spanish Paras, probably a habitational surname.
Proper noun
[edit]Paras (plural Parases)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Paras is the 12566th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2463 individuals. Paras is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (45.47%), White (37.35%) and Hispanic/Latino (11.77%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Paras”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears
Etymology 2
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]the Paras
- (colloquial) Short for Paralympics.
Anagrams
[edit]Kapampangan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From paras (“spicyness”). Not to be confused with eponymous Spanish surname.
Proper noun
[edit]Paras
- a surname from Kapampangan
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Kapampangan Paras, from paras (“spiciness”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /paˈɾas/ [pɐˈɾas]
- Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: Pa‧ras
Proper noun
[edit]Parás (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜐ᜔)
- a surname from Kapampangan
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Kapampangan
- English terms derived from Kapampangan
- English terms borrowed from Spanish
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English colloquialisms
- English short forms
- English surnames from Kapampangan
- English surnames from Spanish
- Kapampangan lemmas
- Kapampangan proper nouns
- Kapampangan surnames
- Kapampangan surnames from Kapampangan
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Kapampangan
- Tagalog terms derived from Kapampangan
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/as
- Rhymes:Tagalog/as/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog surnames
- Tagalog surnames from Kapampangan