Villena

Catalan

Etymology

Uncertain. From either Latin Velliena (from Vellius+-ana. Proposed by Menéndez Pidál) or Arabic بِلْيَانَة (bilyāna) (proposed by Domene Verdú)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [biˈʎe.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [viˈʎe.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [viˈʎe.na]

Proper noun

Villena f

1. A city in Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain

Proper noun

Villena m or f by sense

1. a habitational surname deriving from the city in Alicante

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Villena, from Catalan.

Proper noun

Villena

1. a surname from Catalan

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Villena, from Catalan.

Proper noun

Villena

1. a surname from Catalan

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Villena, from Catalan.

Proper noun

Villena

1. a surname from Catalan

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan Villena.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /biˈʝena/ [biˈʝe.na]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /biˈʝena/ [biˈʝe.na]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /biˈʎena/ [biˈʎe.na]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /biˈʃena/ [biˈʃe.na]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /biˈʒena/ [biˈʒe.na]

• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: Vi‧lle‧na

Proper noun

Villena f

1. A city in Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain

Proper noun

Villena m or f by sense

1. a surname from Catalan or transferred from the place name deriving from the city in Alicante

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Villena, from Catalan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /vilˈjena/ [vɪlˈjɛː.n̪ɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /bilˈjena/ [bɪlˈjɛː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: Vil‧le‧na

Proper noun

Villena (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ)

1. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Catalan]

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Villena is the 275^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 27,132 individuals.