Basco

See also: basco and Basco-

English

Proper noun

Basco (plural Bascos)

1. A municipality, the capital of Batanes, Cagayan Valley, Philippines.
2. A surname

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Basco is the 18984^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1436 individuals. Basco is most common among White (49.44%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (36.28%) individuals.

Anagrams

• ASCOB, bocas

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Spanish Basco.

• (provincial capital of Batanes): Named after Spanish governor-general José Basco y Vargas
• (surname): Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Bas‧co
• IPA^(key): /ˈbasko/ [ˈbas.ko]

Proper noun

Basco

1. Basco (a municipality, the capital of Batanes, Cagayan Valley, Philippines)
2. a surname from Spanish, mostly concentrated in Albay (Tabaco and Tiwi in particular)

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Basco.

• (provincial capital of Batanes): Named after Spanish governor-general José Basco y Vargas
• (surname): Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Bas‧co
• IPA^(key): /ˈbasko/ [ˈbas̪.ko]

Proper noun

Basco

1. Basco (a municipality, the capital of Batanes, Cagayan Valley, Philippines)
2. a surname from Spanish

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish Basco.

• (provincial capital of Batanes): Named after Spanish governor-general José Basco y Vargas
• (surname): Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Bas‧co

Proper noun

Basco

1. Basco (a municipality, the capital of Batanes, Cagayan Valley, Philippines)
2. a surname from Spanish

Kapampangan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Basco.

• (provincial capital of Batanes): Named after Spanish governor-general José Basco y Vargas
• (surname): Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos

Proper noun

Basco

1. Basco (a municipality, the capital of Batanes, Cagayan Valley, Philippines)
2. a surname from Spanish

Spanish

Etymology

Of Basque origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbasko/ [ˈbas.ko]
• Rhymes: -asko
• Syllabification: Bas‧co

Proper noun

Basco m or f by sense

1. a surname

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Basco.

• (provincial capital of Batanes): Named after Spanish governor-general José Basco y Vargas
• (surname): Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbasko/ [ˈbas.ko]
• Rhymes: -asko
• Syllabification: Bas‧co

Proper noun

Basco (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐ᜔ᜃᜓ)

1. Basco (a municipality, the capital of Batanes, Cagayan Valley, Philippines)
2. a surname from Spanish, widely concentrated in the southern Tagalog provinces

Further reading

• Basco on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tl
• “Basco”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.