Teruel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Teruel.

Proper noun

Teruel (countable and uncountable, plural Teruels)

1. A city, the provincial capital of Teruel, Spain.
2. A province of Aragon, Spain.
3. A habitational surname from Spanish.

Translations

city

• Catalan: Terol (ca)
• Occitan: Teròl
• Polish: Teruel (pl) n
• Spanish: Teruel (es)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Teruel is the 41234^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 528 individuals. Teruel is most common among Hispanic/Latino (65.53%), Asian/Pacific Islander (17.8%) and White (13.07%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Teruel”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈɾwel/ [t̪eˈɾwel]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: Te‧ruel

Proper noun

Teruel ?

1. Teruel (a province of Aragon, Spain; capital: Teruel)
2. Teruel (a city in Teruel, Spain)
3. the letter T in the Spanish spelling alphabet

See also

• turolense