Trujillo

English

Proper noun

Trujillo

1. A surname from Spanish.
2. One of several cities, districts, and provinces, mostly in Spanish-speaking countries.

Derived terms

• Trujillo Alto

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Trujillo is the 448^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 73664 individuals. Trujillo is most common among Hispanic/Latino (89.14%) individuals.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Truxillo (obsolete)

Etymology

From the city in Spain, from Arabic تُرْجَالَة (turjāla), from Latin Turgalium.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tɾuˈxiʝo/ [t̪ɾuˈxi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tɾuˈxiʝo/ [t̪ɾuˈxi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /tɾuˈxiʎo/ [t̪ɾuˈxi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tɾuˈxiʃo/ [t̪ɾuˈxi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tɾuˈxiʒo/ [t̪ɾuˈxi.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo
• Rhymes: -iʎo
• Rhymes: -iʃo
• Rhymes: -iʒo

• Syllabification: Tru‧ji‧llo

Proper noun

Trujillo m or f by sense

1. a surname
2. one of several cities, districts, and provinces, mostly in Spanish-speaking countries:
   1. A city in Extremadura, Spain
   2. A province of La Libertad, Peru
   3. A city, the provincial capital of Trujillo, Peru
   4. A state of Venezuela
   5. A city in Venezuela

Derived terms

• trujillano