Damasco

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian or Spanish Damasco; this surname is predominantly found in the Philippines. === Proper noun === Damasco (plural Damascos) A surname. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Damasco is the 39212th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 561 individuals. Damasco is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (37.97%), Hispanic/Latino (34.94%) and White (21.39%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Damasco”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 406. == Galician == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /daˈmasko/ [d̪aˈmas̺.kʊ] Rhymes: -asko Hyphenation: Da‧mas‧co === Proper noun === Damasco ? Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /daˈmas.ko/ Rhymes: -asko Hyphenation: Da‧mà‧sco === Proper noun === Damasco f Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE) === Proper noun === Damasco m or f by sense a surname ==== Derived terms ==== damasco ==== Related terms ==== damasceno damaschino === Anagrams === madosca == Old Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin Damascus, from Ancient Greek Δαμασκός (Damaskós), from Semitic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /daˈmasko/ === Proper noun === Damasco m a city in modern Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE ==== Descendants ==== Spanish: Damasco == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin Damascus. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -asku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃku Homophone: damasco Hyphenation: Da‧mas‧co === Proper noun === Damasco ? Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE) ==== Derived terms ==== damasco ==== Related terms ==== damasceno damasquino == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish Damasco, from Latin Damascus, from Ancient Greek Δαμασκός (Damaskós), from Semitic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /daˈmasko/ [d̪aˈmas.ko] Rhymes: -asko Syllabification: Da‧mas‧co === Proper noun === Damasco m Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === moscada