Cuenca

Cuenca

See also: cuenca

English

Etymology

From Spanish Cuenca, from cuenca (“valley; watershed”).

Proper noun

Cuenca

1. A province of Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Capital: Cuenca.
2. A city in Cuenca, Spain.
3. The third largest city in Ecuador, capital of Azuay province.

Translations

province of Spain

Catalan: Conca Galician: Cuenca (gl) Spanish: Cuenca (es)

city in Spain

Catalan: Conca Galician: Cuenca (gl) Spanish: Cuenca (es)

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Spanish

Etymology

From cuenca (“valley; watershed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwenka/ [ˈkwẽŋ.ka]
• Rhymes: -enka
• Syllabification: Cuen‧ca

Proper noun

Cuenca f

1. Cuenca (a province of Castile-La Mancha, Spain; capital: Cuenca)
2. Cuenca (a city in Cuenca, Spain)
3. Cuenca (a city in Ecuador)

Derived terms

• cuencano
• poner mirando pa' Cuenca

Further reading

• “Cuenca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Cuenca, from cuenca (“watershed”).

Proper noun

Cuenca (Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜏᜒᜅ᜔ᜃ)

1. A municipality of Batangas, Philippines.
2. a surname from Spanish, of toponymic origin

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Cuenca is the 448th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 23,604 individuals.