Villena
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Uncertain. From either Latin Velliena (from Vellius+-ana. Proposed by Menéndez Pidál) or Arabic بِلْيَانَة (bilyāna) (proposed by Domene Verdú)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern) [biˈʎe̞.nə]
IPA(key): (Balearic) [viˈʎe.nə]
IPA(key): (Central) [biˈʎe.nə]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [viˈʎe.na]
IPA(key): (Northwestern) [biˈʎe.na]
=== Proper noun ===
Villena f
a city in Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
=== Proper noun ===
Villena m or f by sense
a habitational surname deriving from the city in Alicante
== Cebuano ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish Villena, from Catalan.
=== Proper noun ===
Villena
a surname from Catalan
== Hiligaynon ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish Villena, from Catalan.
=== Proper noun ===
Villena
a surname from Catalan
== Ilocano ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish Villena, from Catalan.
=== Proper noun ===
Villena
a surname from Catalan
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Catalan Villena.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -ena
Syllabification: Vi‧lle‧na
=== Proper noun ===
Villena f
a city in Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
=== Proper noun ===
Villena m or f by sense
a surname from Catalan or transferred from the place name deriving from the city in Alicante
== Tagalog ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish Villena, from Catalan.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /vilˈjena/ [vɪlˈjɛː.n̪ɐ]
IPA(key): (with nativization) /bilˈjena/ [bɪlˈjɛː.n̪ɐ]
Rhymes: -ena
Syllabification: Vil‧le‧na
=== Proper noun ===
Villena (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ)
a surname from Spanish [in turn from Catalan]
==== Statistics ====
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Villena is the 275th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 27,132 individuals.