Buscemi

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Alternative forms

• Buscema

Etymology

From Italian Buscemi, from Sicilian Buscema, from Old Sicilian 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

city of Sicily

Arabic: (historical) قَلْعَة أَبِي شَامَة (qalʕat ʔabī šāma) Bulgarian: Бушеми f (Bušemi) Chinese: Mandarin: 布謝米 / 布谢米 (Bùxièmǐ) Finnish: Buscemi French: Buscemi (fr) f Georgian: ბუშემი (bušemi) Greek: Μπουσέμι (el) n (Bousémi), (Μπουσκέμι n (Bouskémi)) Ancient: Κασμέναι f pl (Kasménai) Italian: Buscemi f Japanese: ブシェミ (Bushemi) Latin: Buxema f Marathi: बुश्शेमी (buśśemī) Portuguese: Buscemi Romanian: Buscemi f Russian: Бушеми f (Bušemi) Sicilian: Buxema m, Buscema m Ukrainian: Бушемі f (Bušemi)

Italian

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Buscemi

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Etymology

Adapted from Sicilian Buscema, from Old Sicilian Buxema, ultimately 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 town in the province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy)

Derived terms

• buscemese

Proper noun

Buscemi m or f by sense

1. a surname transferred from the place name

Further reading

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025