Capistrano
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English[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Capistrano
- (informal) The city of San Juan Capistrano, California, known for its cliff swallows.
- a. 2003, Talmage Powell, "Survival Exercise", in, 2003, Kit Duane, editor, The Campfire Collection: Ghosts, Beasts, and Things That Go Bump in the Night, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 138,
- I felt the sick certainty that the thing had antennae, a sense unknown to human beings—a guidance system like the sonar of a bat, the instinct of a Capistrano swallow, the built-in controls of an SAM missile.
- a. 2003, Talmage Powell, "Survival Exercise", in, 2003, Kit Duane, editor, The Campfire Collection: Ghosts, Beasts, and Things That Go Bump in the Night, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 138,
Anagrams[edit]
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Spanish. After Saint John of Capestrano.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: Ca‧pis‧tra‧no
Proper noun[edit]
Capistrano
- a surname from Spanish
- a male given name
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish, in honor of St. John to Capestrano.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kapisˈtɾano/, [kɐ.pɪsˈtɾa.no]
- Rhymes: -ano
- Syllabification: Ca‧pis‧tra‧no
Proper noun[edit]
Capistrano (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜈᜓ)
- a Christian surname from Spanish
Statistics[edit]
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Capistrano is the 261st most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 28,549 individuals.
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