Buscemi

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Italian Buscemi, from Sicilian Buscema, from Late Latin Buxema, from Arabic قَلْعَةْ أَبُو شَامَة‎ (qalʕat ʔabū šāma), meaning “Castle of the man with the mole”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /buːˈsɛmi/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmi

Proper noun

Buscemi

  1. Buscemi (a small town in the province of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy)
  2. a surname, especially of Sicilian ancestry

Translations

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian Buscema, from Late Latin Buxema, from Arabic قَلْعَةْ أَبُو شَامَة‎ (qalʕat ʔabū šāma), meaning “Castle of the man with the mole”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /buʃˈʃɛ.mi/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmi
  • Hyphenation: Bu‧scè‧mi

Proper noun

Buscemi f

  1. Buscemi (a small town in the province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy)

Proper noun

Buscemi m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Sicilian
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