Imus

See also: IMUs and imus

English

Etymology

Origin unidentified.

Proper noun

Imus (plural Imuses)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Imus is the 34668^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 652 individuals. Imus is most common among White (83.44%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Imus”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 228.

Anagrams

• Muis, UIMs

Tagalog

Etymology

From imus, imos (“land between the tributary of two rivers”), a reference to the original townsite at Toclong, around the confluence of Imus and Julian rivers. Alternative origins and folk etymologies include derivation from Latin infimus and Spanish céntimos.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔimus/ [ˈʔiː.mʊs]
• Rhymes: -imus
• Syllabification: I‧mus

Proper noun

Imus (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜓᜐ᜔)

1. Imus (city and de jure provincial capital in Cavite, Philippines)
   • 1992, Santiago V. Alvarez, The Katipunan and the Revolution: Memoirs of a General : with the Original Tagalog Text, Ateneo University Press, →ISBN:

     Nang makuha na ng mga kastila ang Perez Dasmarinas, ay hindi naluwatan sa kanilang pamamalagi at pag-aayos doon, at muling gumayak ng paglusob sa Imus.

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Anagrams

• umis